9+ hour, 37+ min ago   (295+ words) A machete- and pickaxe-wielding man was arrested after allegedly smashing into a jewelry display at a South Carolina Costco before customers and employees helped detain him, according to local reports. Greenville police responded Thursday to the Costco on Woodruff Road…...

10+ hour, 50+ min ago   (493+ words) An alleged shoplifter was confronted by an elderly woman who pulled out a handgun in an Arizona parking lot, turning the unsuspecting vigilante into an internet sensation. Footage uploaded to X on Thursday showed the woman brandishing a firearm and…...

11+ hour, 16+ min ago   (289+ words) A New York socialist lawmaker says people who swipe basic goods from stores shouldn’t face charges because they have a “biological need” for what they take. State Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher made the argument Thursday at a news conference outside Manhattan…...

14+ hour, 32+ min ago   (473+ words) Dubbed ‘Bad Granny’, this elderly woman has become an internet sensation after confronting an alleged shoplifter with a gun. She’s got a gun, a grandma vibe — and the internet is absolutely loving it. A gun-toting grandmother who confronted an alleged shoplifter…...

13+ hour, 29+ min ago   (798+ words) Jailing people for shoplifting basic items such as toothpaste and soap amounts to punishing them for meeting a 'biological need', a New York state lawmaker has argued, as she urged fellow progressives to resist calls for tougher penalties for low-level…...

10+ hour, 55+ min ago   (240+ words) The Sheriff’s Office took a report of Identity Theft Thursday afternoon. The victim stated a local finance company phoned him for permission to run his credit for a loan application for $500. The victim stated he had never filled out a…...

21+ hour, 42+ min ago   (421+ words) Brierley Hill Conservative councillors, Adam Davies and Wayne Little, have been working to close down shops involved in criminal activity Rule changes to tackle dodgy shops are a start, but not enough, according to a campaigning Dudley councillor. Labour Prime…...

16+ hour, 44+ min ago   (909+ words) “If you are seen as soft here they will batter you,” says Benedict Selvaratnam, speaking on the shop floor where he and his staff have experienced frequent and sometimes violent encounters with shoplifters. Persistent shoplifting in Croydon town centre has…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (517+ words) A thief who pulled the trousers down of a homeless man before having his penis touched will appear back in court. Donatas Sakalauskas, of Sir Lewis Street, Lynn, appeared at the town court on Thursday, pleading guilty to an act…...

23+ hour, 48+ min ago   (276+ words) Emily Gallagher argued that many shoplifting cases involve people struggling financially and stealing basic necessities. She said, “Most of what we saw were crimes of povert- people who are stealing things like toothpaste, people who were stealing things like, you…...