A terminally ill convicted shoplifter was released from jail this week for a second time -- this time to live out her last days in hospice, according to a Nassau County Court spokesman.
CINCINNATI (AP) -- Reds pitcher Mike Leake was arrested on a shoplifting charge at a downtown department store Monday, accused of trying to steal six shirts with a total value of $59.88.
A Marine Corps reservist helping in a "Toys for Tots" drive was stabbed Friday when he grappled with a fleeing shoplifting suspect, authorities in Augusta, Georgia, said.
Store theft added $423 to the average American family's shopping bill this year according to a new report on retail theft released Tuesday.
Police in Omaha, Nebraska, said Saturday they were investigating a shooting outside the same mall where a gunman killed eight people nearly three years ago.
A security guard is suspended after tackling a suspected deaf shoplifter. The event was captured on video.
An alarm sounded when Alejandro Rea walked out of a Hollywood Boulevard clothing store earlier this month, signaling that he may be leaving with merchandise he didn't pay for.
The Harvard student allegedly stole makeup from a beauty store in New York
The daughter of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was arrested after police said she shoplifted items at a cosmetic store.
A UK priest has defended his comments that it is acceptable to steal from large companies.
An Anglican vicar advises his parishioners that shoplifting is acceptable for those most in need. From ITN.
Even with stores desperate to make every sale they can this holiday season, there's one type of customer that merchants don't want at all: Shoplifters.
U.S. merchants suffered one of the biggest jumps in shoplifting and other retail crimes over the past year, a trend that cost the average American family about $435, according to a new report Tuesday.
One of the things I find frustrating about modern American life is we wait for someone else -- anybody else -- to solve whatever problem it is that's out there.
HLN Money Expert Clark Howard talks to a caller who's making it his responsibility to warn the public about a vacation scam.
A teen who was embroiled in the Jena 6 case talks with CNN's Sean Callebs about shooting himself in the chest.
Mychal Bell says he felt pressure to be perfect after his part of 2006's "Jena 6" assault case was over. When police alleged last month that he wasn't, the Louisiana teen took his Christmas money and sought a gun to kill himself.
A new crime wave is growing as the recession deepens in Japan -- shoplifters over the age of 65. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
Beset by economic worries and loneliness, elderly Japanese are turning to petty crime in increasing numbers, the nation's Justice Ministry reports.
Typically shoplifters, fraudsters and scammers pose the biggest threat to merchants' bottom line.
Business 2.0: Hits & Missesupdated: Fri Oct 12 2007 12:44:00
You've sold 3.3 million copies of Guitar Hero II, a game in which would-be Claptons try to match the furious fingering of onscreen musicians. So what do you play for an encore? If you're Activision, you strike a profitable new chord by selling songs to players who've grown bored with the tunes that came with the game. In April the company began offering three-song downloads for $6.25 - yup, more than double the price of songs on iTunes - and sold 300,000 in the first three months.
Most people think the holiday shopping season is about the big crowds and big bargains. But there's one more seasonal hallmark that doesn't always get its fair share of publicity - big holiday crimes.
Wal-Mart is moving away from what it called a zero-tolerance policy on prosecuting shoplifters and will now only prosecute anyone caught taking merchandise worth $25 or more, according to a published report.
Better hope and pray -- very, very hard -- that you like the gifts Santa puts under the tree this year because retailers' holiday return policies are becoming even more tricky and nasty.
The judge in the Michael Jackson child molestation trial opened the door Friday for the pop star's defense to challenge the character of the mother of Jackson's accuser.
Nearly a year after a Texas jury acquitted him of murder, New York real estate heir Robert Durst has pleaded guilty to two federal firearms violations in Philadelphia, prosecutors said.
Money Magazine: Shoplifters' Choiceupdated: Sat Jul 01 2000 00:01:00
Last year, $11 billion in store merchandise flew off the shelves and into shoplifters' pockets, according to the 1998-99 Retail Theft Trends Report, a study published by Loss Prevention Specialists...
National Consumers Week (October 20-26) impends as we generate this phosphor on the screen, and the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs is pulling out each and every stop to celebrate the event. It is ...
© 2012 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
|