Tag: shoplifting
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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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EDITORIAL: Retail theft robs all Coloradans
Colorado shoppers are accustomed to it: You’re checking out as another “customer” walks by. With stolen items, they sidestep security personnel and cameras. Business carries on as usual; like a breeze, the shoplifters slip out the automatic sliding doors as you pony up to cover the pass-the-buck prices caused by the very crime you just…
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Colorado Springs police arrest machete-wielding robbery suspect
Colorado Springs police arrested a man armed with a machete after a shoplifting incident turned into an armed robbery on Sunday, according to an online blotter entry. Ian Almeida, 35, faces several felony and misdemeanor charges in connection with the incident, police said. Officers responded to a 9:20 a.m. call about a robbery at a…
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Federal judge rules Circle K could fire 72-year-old store clerk who tried to stop robber
A federal judge ruled last month that Circle K lawfully fired a 72-year-old convenience store cashier after she attempted to stop a knife-wielding robber from stealing cigarettes. Mary Ann Moreno was a 16-year employee of the company and was behind the register at a Westminster Circle K store when a man holding two hunting knives…