Tag: retail crime
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Police close Colorado Springs stores amid counterfeit investigation
Police have collected more than 2,000 items believed to be counterfeit or illegally trademarked from two Colorado Springs stores, according to an online blotter entry Wednesday. The stores, now closed for investigation, are owned by the same person, who the Colorado Springs Police Department said has allegedly committed similar crimes in other states. Located in…
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3 arrested in connection to organized retail crime in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs police arrested a crew of three they say have been stealing from local retail stores for several months. The three were arrested Thursday and are facing several felony charges, including theft, money laundering, robbery and something related to narcotics, according to an online blotter entry from the Colorado Springs Police Department. Police did…
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Perspective: Time to crack down on retail theft
Shoplifting and organized retail crime have quietly reshaped the economics of doing business in the state of Colorado. This impacts not only the costs of business itself, but the economic welfare of the state at large. This is a structural drag on Colorado’s economy that touches every consumer, worker, local government and business. Colorado is…
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Colorado Springs coffee shop targeted in smash-and-grab
Stompin’ Groundz, a locally owned and operated coffee shop in Colorado Springs, was hit with an overnight burglary Friday when someone allegedly smashed the glass door with a rock. Manager and barista Casey Dumas came in Friday morning to find the glass storefront smashed to pieces and the register gone. A shop employee on scene…