Articles Posted in Shoplifting

On January 22, 2022 police were called to a high end clothing store for a report of a theft. Loss prevention personnel met the officers to advise that they observed a woman stealing items the value of which exceeded $1,200, thereby making the crime a felony in Massachusetts. A clerk magistrate hearing was scheduled charging…

Our client owns a chain of fitness centers throughout Massachusetts and other parts of the Northeast. For months he had been implicated in a larceny scheme where items would be purchased at one store, the tags replaced and the items later returned to another store at a more significant price. Videotape from the stores confirmed…

The defendant lives in New York City. In January of this year police in a suburban Boston city were investigating a theft of in excess of $2,000 dollars at a local store. Two women had been detained by loss prevention personnel at the store. Video cameras showed both women acting in concert, and stealing many…

Our client is a sales executive at a local computer software company. Several months ago he was caught in video surveillance footage stealing from a local retail store. Using security videos the police were able to see the make and model of the car the individual entered. The videos showed the car exit the parking…

The defendant is a non-citizen lawfully in the United States pursuant to a work visa. In May of 2019 she was caught stealing from an upscale store in a Boston suburb. Loss prevention officers observed the woman using a theft detection deactivation device to remove security devices from expensive goods. The woman secreted the items…

The defendant is a professor at a local university. He is not an American citizen. Several months ago he was caught shoplifting in a local Target store. He was given a summons for a clerk magistrate hearing. He hired our office to represent him. He was facing termination from his job if a complaint issued…

Last night the defendant, a local college student was arrested after she was caught stealing from a high end cosmetic store. Normally the woman would have received a summons for a clerk magistrate hearing however since she had no identification in her position she was arrested. Her father bailed her out and contacted our office…

The defendant is a recent college graduate and a hospital worker. This past fall she was in a local department store when loss prevention officials observed her stealing a significant amount of store merchandise. They detained her and obtained a full confession. She was summonsed to court charged with shoplifting in violation of G.L. c.…

Several weeks ago a woman was shopping in a local supermarket. She went to the self checkout kiosk, paid for some of the groceries and did not pay for many others. She bagged all items and casually left the store. Unbeknownst to her store security was monitoring her actions. They observed that theft and stopped…

The defendant is a non-citizen who moved to Massachusetts to attend school on a student visa. A few weeks ago the defendant was shopping at a local Target store. The defendant processed some merchandise at a self-service checkout kiosk. However much of the goods in the shopping cart were not scanned or paid for at…