Shoplifting

Police: Men Stole From Bronx Clothing Store, Attacked Staffer

Police on Monday were asking for help from the public in finding two suspects who shoplifted from a Bronx clothing store and attacked an employee in broad daylight this past weekend.

2013/03/25

Report: Forest Whitaker Says He Was Wrongly Accused Of Shoplifting In Deli

Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whittaker said in a published report that he was wrongly accused of shoplifting at a deli on the Upper West Side.

2013/02/16

FILE - NYPD vehicle (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NYPD Officer Arrested On Shoplifting Charges In Midtown

A New York City police officer was arrested on shoplifting charges on Black Friday.

2012/11/24

Image of Brooklyn shoplifting suspect taken from surveillance video (credit: NYPD)

Police Looking For Suspect Wanted For Shoplifting In Brooklyn

Police say the suspect walked into a 99 cent store on Irving Avenue at Stockholm Street in Bushwick back on Jan. 25 and began stuffing merchandise down his jacket sleeve.

2012/02/11

Diane McCloud's family in court (Credit:Mona Rivera)

Judge Approves Convict’s Request For Release To Hospice Care

A New York woman who lost her chance for a life-saving heart transplant by continuing to commit crimes is being permitted to spend her dying days in hospice care.

2012/01/10

Staten Island Mall Fights Shoplifting With Shoplifter Photos

The mall’s senior general manager, James M. Easley, says he’s seen customers point to the billboard and tell their children: “You don’t want to be that guy.”

2011/12/21

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NY Family Charged With Shoplifting Toys From 91 Stores In 3 States

Authorities say the thieves used a list to keep track of the 91 stores they hit for merchandise — sometimes marking a store with two check marks after hitting it twice.

2011/12/01

Police Post Video Of ‘Dancing’ Shoplifting Suspect On YouTube

Gloucester Township police say surveillance cameras caught a man in a K-Mart store dancing as he stuffed two pieces of clothing under his shirt.

2011/11/03

Police on Long Island said Cynthia Richardson, 48, enlisted 24-year-old daughter Kizzy Polhill and another teen daughter for a brazen shoplifting scheme. (Credit: CBS 2)

Cops: L.I. Mother Enlisted 2 Daughters For Brazen Shoplifting Scheme

Police said a brazen shoplifting mother enlisted her own children to help swindle and steal $2,500 of merchandise from the bustling JC Penney in the Green Acres Mall.

2011/06/16

NYPD Puts Collar On Alleged Mother-Child Shoplifting Team

She won’t be winning mother of the year. Prosecutors say a mom was allegedly teaching her young son the art of the five-finger discount. Police said they have surveillance video of the two caught in the act.

2011/03/22

Bobby Gonzalez (credit: Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

Ex-Seton Hall Coach Gets Pretrial Intervention

Bobby Gonzalez was accused of shoplifting a $1,400 satchel from a Polo Ralph Lauren store at The Mall at Short Hills in July.

2010/12/03

Report: Bail Penalizes NYC’s Poor Defendants

The advocacy group Human Rights Watch says most of the defendants were accused of low-level offenses such as shoplifting, turnstile jumping, trespassing, drug possession and prostitution.

2010/12/03