Shoplifting

~ Shoplifting on the rise with thieves becoming more brazen – YouTube

~ Shoplifting surge across the U.S. – NBC News – VIDEO

~ Stores seeing surge in shoplifting – KTLA – VIDEO

• ~ Shoplifters ruling the roost at big city stores, pharmacy chains – Fox News
• ~ Shoplifting has increased during pandemic, experts say – The Washington Post
• ~ Shoplifting Spikes In U.S. Amid Increasing Desperation As Pandemic Drags On – Forbes

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Baltimore, Maryland

• ~ Flash Mob Shoplifts at Silver Spring 7-Eleven. NBC’s Shomari Stone Reports – YouTube

• ~ Urban Youth Flashmobs Pose a Problem for Baltimore – YouTube

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Chicago

~ Chicago men shoplift armloads of coats from Marshall’s – YouTube

~ Chicago police said there have been nine separate shoplifting cases recently, involving teams of criminals working together to swipe merchandise.- ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Chicago shoplifting mob targets gold coast 7-Eleven – YouTube

~ Extra security at North Riverside mall amid threat of teenage `flash mob` – YouTube

~ Official says shoplifters ‘acting with impunity,’ blames limits on felony charges – WGN-TV – VIDEO

~ Shoplifting mob openly looting and stealing products under garbage bags at the Ulta in Chicago – YouTube

~ Stymieing Flash Mobs Chicago Business Today – YouTube

~ Urban Youths Loot $3,000 Worth of Designer Jeans in Chicago Flashmob – YouTube

~ Shoplifting mob hits 7-Eleven in Chicago’s Gold Coast (23) – YouTube

• ~ Chicago Police Brace for ‘Flash Mob’ Attacks – WSJ
• ~ Downtown Chicago flash mobs concern Mag Mile business owners ABC7 Chicago abc7chicago.com – ABC7 Chicago
• ~ Mag Mile Shops On Alert After Flash Mob Thefts – CBS Chicago
• ~ Official says shoplifters ‘acting with impunity,’ blames limits on felony charges – WGN-TV
• ~ Teams of shoplifters target Chicago stores near downtown, North Side – ABC7 Chicago
• ~ Teens steal $3,000 in designer clothes during Chicago flash-rob (VIDEO) — RT USA News
• ~ Shoplifting gang is filmed ransacking designer makeup from Chicago Ulta Beauty store – Daily Mail Online
• ~ Surveillance video shows teen ‘flash mob’ stealing around $3,000 in designer jeans – Fox News
• ~ UPDATED Mob Of Teens Steals $3K Of Jeans From Wicker Park Store – CBS Chicago

• ~ Kids, some only 10-years-old, join weekend shoplifting mobs – CWB Chicago
• ~ Mag Mile worker, 73, hospitalized after shoplifting crew knocks him to ground – CWB Chicago
• ~ Shoplifting mobs are raiding everything from high-end boutiques to your local Walgreens, escaping with merchandise worth thou$ands – CWB Chicago
• ~ Shoplifting teams raid high-end stores along Mag Mile, Rush Street – CWB Chicago
• ~ Shoplifting soars as prosecutors back off – CWB Chicago
• ~ Video shows Ulta Beauty shoplifting crew filling garbage bags with merch – CWB Chicago

~ Four female suspects stole whole racks of items from a Skokie Nordstrom Tuesday morning, police said – ABC 7 Chicago – VIDEO

~ Louis Vuitton Robbery • Northbrook Court •  [Groups of thieves rob Bloomingdale’s, Louis Vuitton] – YouTube

• ~ Crime creeps into Chicago suburbs as groups of thieves rob Bloomingdale’s, Louis Vuitton – Fox News
• ~ 4 women steal racks of clothes worth over $10K from Old Orchard Nordstrom, Skokie police say – ABC7 Chicago

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Fairfield, California

~ Robbery (Flash Mob) 1350 Travis Blvd Fairfield CA 2019-05-21 – YouTube

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Jacksonville, Florida

~ Florida Shoplifters Caught in the Act – YouTube

~ Flash Mob Urban Youths Pillage Walmart In Jacksonville – YouTube

~ Flash mob thefts – YouTube

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Indianapolis

~ Brazen shoplifting incident at Victoria’s Secret caught on camera – YouTube

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Iowa

~ ‘Flash rob’ A flash mob swarms an Iowa Casey’s General Store in this security footage – YouTube

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Kansas City, Missouri

~ 7 11 flash mob stealings – YouTube

~ Shoplifters target Kansas City 7-Eleven in a flash mob – YouTube

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LA

~ Marshalls Shoplifters Caught on Camera in Hemet – NBC Los Angeles

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Lexington, Kentucky

~ Brazen shoplifting two women succeed – YouTube

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Maryland

~ Flash Mob Black Teens Raid & Rob 7-Eleven in Germantown, Maryland – YouTube

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Milwaukee

~ 10 accused, 6 charged, 2 in custody in mob shoplifting at Pleasant Prairie Prime Outlets – YouTube

~ Some Pleasant Prairie ‘shoplifting mob’ suspects identified as members of Chicago gang – YouTube

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New England

~ Flash Mob Robs Store – YouTube

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New York City

~ Brazen robbery at Chanel store in NYC caught on camera – YouTube

~ Flash Mob Theft @ Bergdorf Goodman, New York – video Dailymotion

• ~ NYC serial shoplifter, 22, used to go on shoplifting sprees in plain sight – Daily Mail Online

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Philadelphia

~ 60 teenagers caught on camera looting Philadelphia Walgreens – YouTube

~ ‘It’s a lawless city’ Philadelphia merchants alarmed by mobs of people shoplifting – YouTube

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Portland

~ FLASHMOB WILDING PORTLAND OREGON NORDSTROM LOOTING ORGANIZED CRIME – YouTube

~ Flashmob Urban Youths Target Troutdale, Oregon Grocery Store (Metro Portland) – YouTube

~ Flash-mob robbery hits southeast Portland – YouTube

~ Police Flash-mob theft happens again – YouTube

• ~ Brazen Oregon Lowe’s shoplifters push carts laden with $2,000 of copper cable in latest example of ‘legalized stealing’ in lenient Dem state – Daily Mail

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San Francisco

~ 2 Men Caught On Camera In Brazen Daylight Theft From Granada Hills TJ Maxx – YouTube

~ ‘Alarming rise in thefts’ forces Target stores in San Francisco to shorten hours – YouTube

~ Brazen Shoplifters Caught On Video Ripping Off Fairfield Sporting Goods Store – YouTube

~ Brazen shoplifters walk out of TJ Maxx in Granada Hills with armfuls of stolen merchandise ABC7 – YouTube

~ Brazen shoplifting spurs CA law for organized thefts – YouTube

~ Brazen shoplifting video in San Francisco becomes issue in California recall – YouTube

~ San Francisco businesses face shoplifting epidemic – Fox News – VIDEO

~ San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge – YouTube

~ Surge in brazen shoplifting incidents gets the attention of Gov. Newsom – YouTube

~ Target Cuts Store Hours in San Francisco Due to Shoplifting Surge – YouTube

~ VIDEO Brazen Shoplifter At SF Walgreens Caught On Video – YouTube

~ Video Captures Brazen Theft At California Lululemon – YouTube

• ~ After San Francisco shoplifting video goes viral, officials argue thefts aren’t rampant – NBC News
• ~ Brazen shoplifters walk out of Granada Hills TJ Maxx with armfuls of stolen merchandise – ABC7 San Francisco
• ~  Brazen shoplifter loads up at Walgreens in front of security, leaves on bike – New York Post
• ~ Large Group of Suspects Steals $150,000 in Handbags from Palo Alto Neiman Marcus – CBS San Francisco
• ~ San Francisco’s Shoplifting Surge – The New York Times ~ San Francisco’s shoplifting spike is devastating for small businesses – Fox News
• ~ San Fran cops Walgreens shoplift incident is par for the course – New York Post
• ~ ‘This has been out of control.’ San Francisco’s chain drug stores have a shoplifting problem – CNN
• ~ VIDEO Shoplifter Fills Up Backpack With Stolen Goods During Stroll Through San Francisco Walgreens – CBS San Francisco

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Washington D.C.

~ Theft (Flash Mob) 3607 M St NW DC 2017-01-16 – YouTube

• ~ Washington 7-Eleven store hit by flash mob robbery where 20 rush store – Daily Mail Online

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Flash Robs

~ Flash Mobs Robbing Stores – YouTube

~ Flash Rob A New Sign of the Times. – YouTube

~ Flash Rob Video Mass Theft Becomes Latest Teen Trend on Web – YouTube

~ What to Do in the Event of a Flash Mob Theft – YouTube

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Statistics

• ~ 35 Shoplifting Statistics 20202021 Data, Trends & Impact – CompareCamp.com
• ~ Shoplifting Cost Retailers Nearly $50 Billion Last Year Money – Money.com