On September 20, 2017 a Watertown, Massachusetts police officer responded to a call for a theft at a local Target store. A loss prevention officer had a male shoplifter, the defendant detained. The loss prevention officer recalled that the defendant had recently stolen a significant amount of merchandise from the store that went unprosecuted. This…
Continue reading ›Several weeks ago loss prevention officers at a local cosmetic store observed a young woman casually placing objects into her pocketbook while walking up and down the aisles. They watched the woman until she left the premises without attempting to pay for the goods taken. She was confronted, detained and questioned. The woman readily admitted…
Continue reading ›Last month store detectives observed a young woman walking from aisle to aisle in a store, taking items and secreting them in a personal bag. The activity was observed personally and via electronic surveillance equipment. After a lengthy visit to the store the woman left, carrying with her the items in the bag. She was…
Continue reading ›The defendant is a software engineer living out of state. On February 24, 2017, while shopping at a local mall loss prevention officers saw the woman taking several items, place them in her over sized pocketbook, remove the tags and leave the store. The event was caught on videotape and played for local police officers…
Continue reading ›The defendant is a young woman who was shopping a a local store a few days ago. She apparently gave in to temptation and took several items from the store without making payment for them. She was approached by loss prevention who detained her and eventually called the police. The officers gave her a criminal…
Continue reading ›The defendant and three others were shopping in the North Shore Mall and were approached by loss prevention officers. They were detained and questioned. During the course of the interrogation the store officials learned that over $1,500 of goods had been taken from the store. She was charged with shoplifting. Our client was found in…
Continue reading ›The prosecution alleged that on August 2, 2014 a Danvers, Massachusetts police officer was dispatched to a Walmart store on Route 114 for a report of a theft. The officer arrived to find a white female being detained by loss prevention personnel. Apparently store employees found her stealing valuable items and contacted security. The defendant…
Continue reading ›Our client is an account executive at a local prestigious university. She is forty seven years old and resides in Newton, Massachusetts. Just three weeks ago she was shopping in a local supermarket when loss prevention personnel observed her secret several objects into a bag. They detained her as she attempted to exit the store…
Continue reading ›Boston Municipal Court: According to Boston police officers, the defendant, a local college student, was observed shoplifting merchandise at a local high end cosmetic store. Loss prevention officers making the observation found several items in the defendant’s possession and called the Boston Police. The defendant was summonsed to the Boston Municipal Court for a Clerk’s…
Continue reading ›Salem District Court: Police alleged that our client, a dental hygienist, entered a department store with one of the store’s bags and proceeded to conceal a household appliance in the bag. Our client was apprehended upon leaving the store, and police applied for a criminal shoplifting complaint against her. Denise Dolan of our office represented…
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