The shop lifter is caught.

[LaVere]

I had a slight heart pounding experience at the local Grocery this after
noon at 3:00 pm. I was standing in line checking out. I noticed the
assistant manager, one check isle over and past the check out area. He
was stand and generally looking harder than most people. As I was
looking at him his eyes locked on me. I thought Hmmm that's odd.
I have shopped there for at least 20 years. So I kind of have a feel for the
place. I heard him yell out for " Dale " louder than normal. Suddenly
about 8 big guys came running through and around the checkout counters.
None of these guys were small some were just plain big and I don't mean
fat. Two of them grabbed the male about 25 +- and asked what he had under
his coat. About then he pushed the two men, bolted for the door.
Pushing a woman and child near the door aside. And wow I never have seen men
this size move that fast. Maybe the Green Bay offence line. Well the "Dale"
tackled him, laterally in the parking lot.
I looked around for any secondary problems and saw none. I still stayed
on code orange or 2 for a while. As they were bring him back toward the
store they opened his jacket out fell a package of new born diapers.
They only lectured him and told him never to return to the store and
released him.
As my adrenalin returned to normal. I finished my check out, patted my
Kahr K40 on my hip and left.

P.S. This is the same store that I was entering as a bank robber was
leaving. I never saw him. Now the bank is gone one less worry.
This is not a getto store this is an up scale store, in a very good area.

 

[AJ Dual]

That whole dreamy, slow-mo feeling when something unexpected and violent transpires is a real trip, isn't it? I think that the most basic definition of "operator" or "high-speed/low-drag" is someone who's been there, done that, so much they no longer feel that way when SHTF.

Of course, we get to experience that wonderful sensation completely unarmed, in accordance with Wisconsin law.

Ain't life grand?

 

[larry_minn]

Shoplifters are a pain. They cost a store almost as much as employee theft.
I got to help with one when I was not working one day. I had stopped in to visit with store security folks I worked with. (new guy hired who like you stated was LARGE tackle sized)
Well while we are chatting I state "What is wrong with that guy?" He was comming from back of store and just caught my attention. Then I see a clerk following him. The three of us are trying to figure out *** is going on. The (crook) goes to between the two sets of doors and stops. (guess he figured he is still in store BUT he is after till so game on) Clerk says "He stole a pair of Nike Hi tops" So football tackle goes to chat. Crook runs and tackle FALLS flat on his face when he snage threshold of door. My friend takes up chase and I jog along.
Both shoes fly off so I stop to secure stolen shoes. (crooks friend attempts to take them) BTW smooth idea if shoes gone no evidence/no crime. I stop him but can't do anything as he claims "I just saw the shoes laying there so went to remove them from parking lot"
Well my friend ALSO falls and breaks his watch/skins his arms. They catch kid (who other then sore feet is unmarked) and both of them are bleeding. I had to laugh.

 

[kjeff50cal]

Ah yes, I have been a part of that "line" many times when I worked at a Supermarket in a low income area. That is when I first started to carry.

 

['Card]

"I ain't gonna be payin' for these here Huggies." - Nicholas Cage

 

[Kramer Krazy]

they opened his jacket out fell a package of new born diapers

For what they charge for those little poop holders, I just about can't blame the guy!!!

BTW - I buy lots of those things with a 15-month old in the house.

 

[1KPerDay]

Poor dude... of course stealing _anything_ is wrong, but if he'd been stealing liquor or vaseline or videos or something I wouldn't be sympathetic... but you have to be pretty desparate to steal diapers.

IMO.

 

[hksw]

Did he have a pantyhose on his head?

 

[Biker]

'Card...

That is one of my all time favorite movies.
Biker

 

[michiganfan]

What city

 

[Shipwreck]

I spent 5 years working plain clothes loss prevention for a large, upscale dept store chain. Most stores won't get physical, but we brought people back no matter how hard they fought. After a while, I got tired of it, though. May have no fights for a year, and then 4 in a week's time.

Always amazed me the stupid people I saw....

 

[foghornl]

Always amazed me the stupid people I saw....

What was Einsteins's quote...Something about "The Universe and human stupidity being infinite, but I'm not sure about The Universe..."

Dumbest shoplifter I can recall...D.G. (Dumb Guy) was wearing shorts and one of those "half-jersey" type shirts...The type that ends about 4"-5" ABOVE the 'belly button', and is a kind of mesh.

Well, this D.G. had one of the blister-pack "Walkman" units sort of tucked in his shorts, but most of it was above the waistband, with the rest below the 'half-jersey' shirt.

 

[Geno]

Who Shoplifts? Judges, Police, Lawyers, Educators, Employees--All Walks of life!

I worked loss-prevention when I was in H.S. and in the university. But, where I had to deal most with it was as a H.S. Principal. Stats show that if a H.S. student is out-of-school on a school day, and shopping, they are likely shop-LIFTING, not shopping. It starts as a "harmless" prank. Then, for many it grows into an an out-of-control, obsession! A literally full-blown psychological addiction. At any given time, about 11% of America is addicted to shop-lifting.

Shop-lifting addiction cuts across ALL WALKS OF LIFE! Actresses, Judges, Police, Lawyers, Teachers, Students, Moms, Dads, Grandpa & Grandma--even politicians!! Get it?! Was this guy poor? Maybe, but I'd bet my next cup of coffee that he's addicted! Read Terrence Shulman's latest textbook on the subject--it's insightful.

I teach this in the Ed. Psych. and Decision-making courses at the graduate level. Educators need to understand these facts, and they need to educate the children. I had to deal with more than 1 student busted for shoplifting when they skipped school, BUT IT AIN'T JUST THE KIDS! Shoplifting is done by all incomes, by all ethnicities, both genders, and across ALL professions! You are as likely to catch a lawyer as a student.

But, who gets sent to jail and who gets turned loose is another thing. I've seen it--turn the cop-lifter loose, but prosecute drifter. It isn't right. Prosecute all. Personally, I DO NOT believe in giving a break. Prosecute it and end it.

Doc2005

 

[Optical Serenity]

course its not just shoplifting, its everything...there are bad people in all walks of life.

 

[Geno]

Technically Wasn't Shoplifting & What city was this?

Technically, if they busted the guy at the register, before he left, it was "retail fraud", and being the amount of money involved, not wonder they didn't prosecute, BUT they should have. Many misbelieve that the store has to wait until the exit...wrong. The second they put something "away" and show intent to not pay, that constitutes retail fraud", such as also changing the price tag.

The one that cracked me up was the (I think) Meijer store that prosecuted the old man who "taste-tested" the grapes to assure they were not sour. Now that was STUPID! I don't have a problem with any other prosecution.

So, as asked earlier--what city was this?

Doc2005

 

[Henry Bowman]

Poor dude... of course stealing _anything_ is wrong, but if he'd been stealing liquor or vaseline or videos or something I wouldn't be sympathetic... but you have to be pretty desparate to steal diapers.

Probably why they let him go with a warning.

 

[El Tejon]

When I slung guns at a sporting goods chain (Galyan's in Indianapolis) during undergrad, our department used to chase down shoplifters.

The guns and fishing gear was upstairs directly above the shoe department and every time we get the signal to watch one of them take a pair of Air Jordans (dating myself) into the bathroom to switch them out and then run, we would be perched like leopards on the stairs waiting for them to run.

When they ran we would run them down in the parking lots by pairs. Good times.