shoplifting
Target pushes shoplifting crackdown by telling employees to stop thefts worth at least $50
Target plans to crack down on retail theft by lowering the threshold for how much shoplifters can swipe before employees are allowed to finally step in.
Walmart shopper slammed as 'thief' for not scanning his items in viral video — but insists he was doing his job
The video has been posted on nearly all social media sites, and even racked up over 15.6 million views on one post alone.
Costco's only Manhattan store not immune from shoplifting epidemic — the 7 most stolen items revealed
Here's what sticky-fingered New Yorkers are snapping up for the bargain price of zero.
Munchy migrant bites three NYPD cops in three separate incidents after shoplifting at Target: prosecutors
He has a taste for New York’s Finest. A migrant serial shoplifter bit three NYPD police officers in three separate incidents after he was arrested for stealing clothes from a...
California cop caught on video kicking teen shoplifter in the face slapped with charges
Gonzalo Zendejas, 39, faces one count of assault under color of authority for the June 2021 beatdown, which was caught on camera.
TikToker rants that Walmart is even locking up $1.50 nail files to deter shoplifters
The video struck a chord with users, who complained about the same experience at Walmart and other retail stores.
NYC crime wave continues with 21,000-plus shoplifting complaints for 2024 so far, all thanks to lefty Dems
Shoplifting is up 5% over last year, part of the NYC crime wave. Thank lefty Dems like Carl Heastie.
NYC shoplifting soars with over 21K complaints lodged so far this year — causing CVS, Walgreens to close up shops
New York City is turning into a drugstore desert as retail theft surged 5.6% so far this year.
Target thief used self-checkout to steal over $60K in items over 120 visits to same store
"She subsequently began to sell her stolen goods to anyone passing by," the DA said.
NYC cosmetics store that doubled as fencing operation busted with over $1M in stolen goods: DA
The DA's office charged two people — Bibi Rehana Khan, 54, of Mount Vernon; and Aaron Khan, 40, of the Bronx — and Rehana's Cosmetics with three counts of criminal...
NYC bodega worker was being choked before he fatally stabbed shoplifter: police sources
A Queens bodega worker who fatally stabbed a man during an argument about beer early Tuesday was losing the fight just before he pulled a blade and knifed the victim,...
Shoplifter attacks NYC Trader Joe's worker with garbage can lid in vacancy-plagued Flatiron
The thief barged into the chain store’s location on Sixth Avenue near West 22nd Street, in Flatiron near the Chelsea border, around 10:50 a.m. and swooped up unspecified merchandise, police...
NYC Burlington store guard turns tables on armed would-be shoplifter, 15, by opening fire: sources
The 15-year-old boy was part of a crew of four masked suspects who tried to enter the store at the corner of Pennsylvania and Wortman avenues in East New York...
NYC’s once-bustling Flatiron District now a wasteland of empty storefronts as rampant shoplifting wreaks havoc on iconic nabe
The once-bustling Flatiron District is now dotted with empty storefronts and seeing rampant theft as merchants struggle with the financial realities of the post-pandemic world in the Big Apple.
Albany's budget deal locks in an uglier future for New York
Gov. Kathy Hochul's modest wins in this year's state budget negotiations at best only slow New York's decline, with no hint of the radical reforms needed to slow the exodus...
Shoplifting is turning NYC into a ghost town, we have to fight back
New York City is suffering a retail catastrophe, with 11.2% of storefronts empty — nearly twice the 6% of 2019.
Blame shoplifting scourge, blasé lawmakers for worst case of storefront vacancies since COVID
Per the city Department of Finance, more than 11% of Big Apple storefronts now sit empty, discouraging nearby commerce and attracting disorder.
NYC block turned into illicit open-air market for migrant crooks, prostitution: 'It's relentless'
A stretch of Jackson Heights has been turned into an illegal migrant mecca where everything from prostitutes to stolen goods are being peddled in broad daylight, The Post has learned.
Soft-on-crime Carl Heastie's NYC district dealing with massive surge in rape, robbery
Soft-on-crime state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie fiddles while his backyard in the Bronx burns, crime statistics show.
Speaker Heastie spares shoplifters: Letters to the Editor — April 5, 2024
NY Post readers discuss Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie opposing a bill to crack down on convicted shoplifters.