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'Tis the Season to ... Pinch $1.84B Worth of Stuff?

Retail theft in 4 weeks before Christmas expected to be 6% higher than 2010

(Newser) - In the four weeks before Christmas, shoppers will steal an estimated $1.84 billion in merchandise—a 6% spike over the same timeframe last year, according to a survey of retailers around the globe. The bump in shoplifting may be explained by dipping wages and high unemployment, reports the AP...

LiLo Washes Out of Community Service

Lindsay's been ducking the rules: TMZ

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan is screwing up again. She's been bounced from her court-ordered community service assignment for failing to follow rules, reports TMZ . She was ordered to serve 360 hours at the Downtown Women's Center in Los Angeles as probation in her shoplifting case. Lohan was supposed to show...

Newlyweds Shoplifted Reception Food: Cops

Cops called at 2:30 ... Arthur Phillips' and Brittany Lurch's reception was at 5:30

(Newser) - From the chapel to the clink? A Pennsylvania couple is accused of stealing $1,049.26 of food and other goods from a grocery store on Saturday afternoon—with the intention of serving said food to guests at their 5:30pm wedding reception. Arthur Phillips, 32, and Brittany Lurch, 22,...

Baffled Jury Acquits Guy for ‘Stealing’ 99-Cent Hot Dog

He paid for the rest of his groceries

(Newser) - The jury didn’t spend long considering the case of John Richardson, who was on trial for stealing a 99-cent hot dog. The chilling true crime tale goes like this: The Eastern Washington University student walked into a grocery store, grabbed a hot dog from the self-serve counter, and ate...

Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Mike Leake Charged With Shoplifting 6 T-Shirts
 Reds' Leake Busted Shoplifting 
Apr 18, 2011 6:15 PM CDT

Reds' Leake Busted Shoplifting

Six Macy's T-shirts were worth $60, cops say

(Newser) - Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mike Leake will make $425,000 this year, but he was apparently short the $59.95 for six American Rag T-shirts that cops say he lifted at a Macy's today. Leake's arrest report says the 23-year-old removed price tags from the shirts and tried to...

Women Used Their Fat to Shoplift: Police

4 pairs of boots, 3 pairs of pants hidden under folds

(Newser) - Two Oklahoma women are accused of using their body fat to shoplift, AOL News reports. Police arrested two friends, Ailene Brown, 28, and Shmeco Thomas, 37, on suspicion that they'd used their ample physiques to try to sneak $2,600 in shoes, jeans, and accessories out of a store. The...

Giuliani Daughter Charged With Shoplifting

Caroline, 20, is arrested in NYC

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani's daughter was arrested today on a misdemeanor shoplifting charge at a beauty supplies store. Caroline Giuliani, a 20-year-old Harvard University student, was seen on security cameras pocketing five items worth more than $100 at a Sephora store in Manhattan, said an NYPD spokesman.

TV Reporter Claims She Shoplifted for Story
TV Reporter Claims She Shoplifted for Story
brilliant lie dept
Jun 24, 2010 3:20 PM CDT

TV Reporter Claims She Shoplifted for Story

...except that she's a traffic reporter

(Newser) - A Connecticut television reporter who was busted for shoplifting insisted she did it for the sake of a story—except that said reporter covers traffic. Desiree Fontaine explained it was for an "on the side," freelance assignment, though she didn't tell officers who commissioned the hard-hitting project. Police...

Shoplifters Brag on Dr. Phil, Go to Jail

Matthew and Nora Eaton probably should have seen this coming

(Newser) - A California couple is probably having second thoughts about discussing their shoplifting habit with Dr. Phil now that they’re going to jail. Matthew and Nora Eaton went on his TV show—ostensibly for help with their shoplifting addiction—in Nov. 2008, and revealed that they made money by selling...

'Shoplifter Priest' Hit With Bucket of Pasta

Parishioner expresses his objections with ravioli

(Newser) - A British priest who said the poor should consider shoplifting things like tinned ravioli had a bucket of pasta dumped over him by an irate parishioner. The man lay in wait for Father Tim Jones outside his church in York, northern England, and then sloshed half the messy spaghetti and...

Thieving Employees Do Brisk Business in Gift Cards

Lower-risk way to steal from the boss

(Newser) - Employee fraud, which accounts for a large and growing chunk of the total $36 billion a year the retail industry loses to theft, is increasingly taking the form of gift cards: easy to walk out of a store with, and easy to redeem without showing ID. With overall employee theft...

British Priest OKs Shoplifting
 British Priest OKs Shoplifting 
Dec 22, 2009 2:51 AM CST

British Priest OKs Shoplifting

Desperate should steal from chains, not small stores, he says

(Newser) - Shoplifting is no sin for people facing hard times, a British priest has declared to his congregation. Society's attitude toward the poor sometimes leaves them no option but to turn to crime, and shoplifting is better than "prostitution, mugging or burglary," said Father Tim Jones. He said that...

Shoplifting Couple Raided After Appearance on Dr. Phil

(Newser) - A couple that revealed their thieving ways to TV psychologist Dr. Phil appear to have received a federal investigation in return, the North County Times reports. The California couple appeared on Dr. Phil’s show in November and were shown on a 3-day shoplifting road trip with their children. Last...

Obama CIO Stole Shirts From JC Penney

Kundra comes across as 'petty thief with bad taste in clothes'

(Newser) - Days ago, it emerged that President Obama’s Chief Information Officer once pleaded guilty to theft; now the Business Insider comments on what Vivek Kundra stole: $134 worth of JC Penney shirts. “At an average of $33.50 a pop, they weren't even nice shirts, even in 1996 dollars”...

'Jena 6' Teen in Hospital After Shooting Self

Bell couldn't take media attention following new arrest: family

(Newser) - Mychal Bell, one of the “Jena six” who were the focus of a racial controversy in 2006, survived a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest and is in a Louisiana hospital, the Monroe News Star reports. Bell shot himself after being arrested for shoplifting on Christmas Eve and said...

Shoplifting Grows as Economy Doesn't

Desperation, holiday shopping drive thieves

(Newser) - The tough economic climate is driving up shoplifting arrests, and the holiday season is making the situation worse, the New York Times reports. The timing is poor for stores that have had to shrink security staff amid financial woes. “More people are desperate economically, retailers are operating with leaner...

High Schoolers Cheat, Steal, Say Morals A-OK

High schools full of rampant cheating, adults blame pressures

(Newser) - Almost a third of US high schoolers are thieves and two thirds are cheaters, a new study says. Among nearly 30,000 students surveyed, 64% admitted to cheating on a test, 30% to shoplifting, and 23% to stealing from family. "The competition is greater," said one education...

Retailers Bully Shoplifters for $$
Retailers Bully Shoplifters for $$
Feb 20, 2008 2:00 PM CST

Retailers Bully Shoplifters for $$

'Civil recovery' systems using threat of legal action to extort funds

(Newser) - A system designed to compensate retailers for losses incurred by shoplifters has few controls to prevent the extortion or harassment, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Civil recovery” laws allow retailers to turn the names of suspected shoplifters over to collection agencies who demand fees of $200 or much more—...

Judge Tries Shame on Shoplifters
Judge Tries Shame on Shoplifters
Jul 25, 2007 3:42 PM CDT

Judge Tries Shame on Shoplifters

Wal-Mart thieves get ‘Scarlet Letter’ treatment

(Newser) - A local Alabama judge has teamed with Wal-Mart to punish shoplifters with shame, making them don sandwich-boards reading “I am a thief; I stole from Wal-Mart” and parade in public, BusinessWeek reports. More than 20 culprits have received the sentence in recent months; the world’s largest retailer sees...

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