Security / Crime

Store Owner Sentenced in Canada
Featured Headline Toronto, Ont., Canada, June 22, 2010 -- A 62-year-old Toronto, Ontario convenience store owner was sentenced to one year in prison on June 14 for fraudulently claiming a $5.7-million lottery jackpot. Hafiz Malik pleaded guilty in December to cheating Lorraine Teicht... [view full]

New Counterfeit Detector System from DriMark Products Debuts as New $100 Bill is Unveiled
Featured Headline Port Washington, N.Y., April 30, 2010 -- DriMark Products, Inc., U.S. manufacturer of the original Counterfeit Money Detector Pen, has announced the introduction of its new Counterfeit Detector System, which adds an ultraviolet light to help cash businesses prevent counterfeit... [view full]

Suspect Sought in Mass. C-Store Killing
New Bedford, Mass., June 25, 2009 -- Law enforcement authorities are attempting to identify a gunman who shot to death an innocent bystander during the attempted robbery of a convenience store here on Saturday, June 20. The store's surveillance camera captured... [view full]

Upstate N.Y. Man Faces Mandatory Jail Time for Break-in
Featured Headline Poughkeepsie, N.Y., March 16, 2009 -- The Poughkeepsie Journal has reported that a 44-year-old local man who broke into a convenience store on January 25 faces a mandatory two to four years in state prison for the crime. The man entered... [view full]

Global Theft Costs Retailers and Consumers $104 Billion Annually
Featured Headline Thorofare, N.J., November 15, 2008 -- The level of global retail theft reached $104.5 billion in the past year, leading to increased costs for both retailers and consumers alike. The second annual Global Retail Theft Barometer found that while global... [view full]

Campus Cop Popped for Pilfered Pastry
Morrisville, N.Y., November 4, 2008 -- The (New York) Daily News reported on November 1 that an upstate campus police officer has been arrested for stealing pastries over a period of several months from a convenience store. The 55-year-old officer,... [view full]

Fakestop Counterfeit Scanner Enables C-Stores to Detect Funny Money and Fake IDs
Featured Headline Phoenix, Ariz., February 7, 2008 -- Fakestop, a counterfeit scanner from Miller OEM Supplies Inc., detects invalid paper currency, money orders, credit cards, driver's licenses and ID cards. Lightweight and energy efficient, the Fakestop scanner is ready to use... [view full]

Connecticut Cops Nab Robbery Trio
Manchester, Conn., March 17, 2006 -- Three people were arrested in the early hours of Monday, March 6 and accused of robbing a convenience store here, WFSB-TV has reported. According to police, two men and one woman went into the convenience-store... [view full]

Cappuccino weapon of choice in convenience store holdup
By Christine Vendel The Kansas City Star A man used an unusual weapon to rob a Kansas City convenience store early today: a cup of cappuccino. The holdup occurred about 1 a.m. at the QuikTrip at 72nd Street and Wornall Road. Police said a man... [view full]

Store owner helps police nab alleged counterfeiter
Chelmsford, MASS -- Chelmsford police have nabbed a suspected counterfeiter with the help of an alert convenience store owner. Deputy Chief Francis Roark says the 42-year-old man was making phoney five dollar bills on his home computer and then using them... [view full]

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