Shoplifting

• ‘My jaw dropped’: Okanagan store owner alleges trio conspired to shoplift

  True Art owner Diane Geddes says she was stunned after watching security camera footage after the trio left her small business.

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  Dec 8
  
• ‘Staggering’ 109 people arrested, $29K in merchandise seized in Victoria theft crackdown

  According to the department, four people were arrested multiple times during the operational blitz. Twenty-one of the 109 people had outstanding warrants.

  Crime

  Dec 7
  
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• Industry consultant says retail theft is the worst it’s been in 40 years

  Retail theft is the worst it's been in four decades, according to Stephen O'Keefe of Bottom Line Matters.

  Crime

  Dec 5
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• Mounties target shoplifter blamed for $20K of retail losses

  Kelowna Mounties are asking for help identifying a man they say has been on a costly stealing spree. 

  Crime

  Nov 27
• Kelowna cops go covert to snag repeat shoplifting suspect

  Plainclothes Mounties targeted a man they claim has been a problem shoplifter during the theft of nearly $1,000 of goods from a local shop.

  Crime

  Nov 22
• No jail time for B.C. shoplifter busted days after release from $37K art theft

  Frances Boivin was sentenced to a year of probation after pleading guilty to four counts of theft under $5,000 for a string of thefts between March and September.

  Canada

  Oct 31
• ‘It hurts bigger’: Vancouver small businesses hit hard by shoplifting

  While big box retail chains struggle with repeat and often violent shoplifting, small businesses say theft is also hitting them hard, and some merchants won’t tolerate it.

  Crime

  Oct 19
• Executive says London Drugs is not closing Vancouver store

  London Drugs president and COO says the company has no plans to close stores due to escalating violence and theft, though the issue has reached a "crisis point."

  Crime

  Oct 18
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• ‘Everywhere’: Violent shoplifting plaguing popular B.C. retailer

  London Drugs says that despite spending millions on increased security, theft is still rampant, and staff members are facing risks while on the job.

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  Oct 17
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• Man arrested for more than dozen thefts from same store in Peterborough, Ont.: police

  Police say a man threatened an employee at a store in the area of George and Shebrooke Streets. He's allegedly connected to over a dozen thefts over an eight-month period.

  Crime

  Sep 29