Posted on 06/13/2021 3:59:49 AM PDT by Libloather
SEATTLE - The Seattle Police Department is cracking down on ongoing organized shoplifting groups, leading to a retail theft operation that resulted in 53 arrests in a single day and thousands of dollars recovered in stolen merchandise.
"These are organized groups that hit retailers with the sole purpose of stealing to either resell them or use them as currency for other things," said Sgt. Randy Huserik, public information officer for the Seattle Police Department.
The big bust occurred at nine stores on Wednesday in just under 15 hours. Of the 53 people arrested, 16 of them were booked in King County Jail. Four of them had warrants.
"We had officers, both in plainclothes working with those stores’ loss prevention personnel and then a uniformed officer acting as arrest teams to target the suspects that are committing these crimes," explained Huserik. "An officer is up in their surveillance room that’s watching it. They’re easily and quickly communicating with our officers that are in the store via radio making them aware of suspect description, the items that they’re concealing, where they’re concealing them, the location on the store at that point. And once they start heading to the door, that’s when officers will move in and make the arrest."
Huserik said large retailers and grocery stores have been losing thousands of dollars in merchandise due to ongoing problems with organized theft groups. He said some places are still struggling to recover from the pandemic.
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You know them as antifa and BLM.
That’s just a normal shopping day adventure in SEATTLE .
Cue the calls to defund the police in 3, 2, 1, ...
Would RICO work?
But will they be prosecuted, or “catch and release”, as per democrat edict?
oh for sure released.
Why? When you decriminalize something, it says society wants you to do it.
“oh for sure released”.
Or after a modest bail is paid for by a consortium of criminal attornies...
These clowns like islam so much, time to evoke an islamic penalty for theft. Chop
There is no real penalty for shoplifting anymore. it’s all catch & release. I wish we could send them all to Saudi Arabia for trail. We’d have a lot fewer problems if we had a legal system that made people think long and hard before committing crimes.
I’m certainly glad Dallas Texas knows how to handle shoplifters:
“Retail Amount Stolen Less than $100 with Suspect in Custody
If the amount of the theft is less than $100 and the arrestee has identification, Dallas Police will not routinely be dispatched to the business location.
Persons wishing to prosecute the arrestee for shoplifting must complete the online form, Municipal Prosecution Application for Complaint and Sworn Affidavit.”
Oh wait, I’ve warped into the wrong universe again.
I don’t understand how liquor stores stay in business. Walk in, pick up a bottle, walk out. What are they going to do???
Some judge will release them. After all, weren't they told previously that they wouldn't be arrested, much less prosecuted for these crimes?
However, the DA’s will refuse to prosecute and jail the criminals
True story-
I was checking in a hotel in Dubai and my room was on the first floor. I asked if I could get a higher floor and the hotel employee asked why. I told her it might no be safe and several doors behind her opened and some men walked out, focusing on me. One of them asked what the problem was and I explained that as a flight attendant, we were warned about getting rooms on the first floors as they were easily broken into and I was just a little worried as I didn’t know the area very well. One of the men responded, “There is no crime here” and they all went back to their respective offices behind the counter.
Apparently, crime is dealt with on the spot. In some ME countries, if someone had stolen from me or tried to break in, judgement is on the spot. They actually have a machine to ‘remove’ the left hand for those who are caught stealing.
Also, anyone remember the idiot American kid in Singapore who vandalized a car and was going to get flogged? There was international outroar and he only got a few switches. Wanna bet he never vandalized a car ever again?
In the central TX city I live in the liquor stores in the high crime neighborhoods have everything either behind the counter or locked up in display cases.
Between the chief quitting, the cutbacks, the beat cops quitting, and sickouts, the one that was left must have really been busy. He’s going to need a day off.
wy69
Great story.
Unfortunately, lawyers, liberals, and politicians have watered down our laws so much their is no penalty for crimes. These people have been destroying our nation for decades.
C’mon man…defund the police…that is just undocumented shopping…perps are just looking for a better life due to global warming and misuse of pronouns…bizarro world…
Tiny drop in the bucket but guess it’s a start. Begs the question why haven’t they been doing this all along?
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