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Items are displayed in the window of a Burberry store on Michigan Avenue along the Magnificent Mile in Chicago in November. The rate of reported shoplifting incidents in the city surged by 46% from ...

People don’t steal only for money. They also do it to show off or impress friends.

New bill aims to give West Virginia lawmakers the power to veto utility rate hikes Ohio County Senator Laura Chapman introduced Senate Bill 461, which would put more power into lawmakers' hands in ...

CHICAGO — Shoplifting rates in the three largest U.S. cities — New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — remain higher than they were before the pandemic, according to a recent report from the nonpartisan ...

Criminal defense attorney Carrie Jernigan has issued a warning about self-checkout systems, explaining how innocent shoppers ...

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Photo illustration by Getty Images. CHICAGO — Shoplifting rates in the three largest U.S. cities — New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — remain higher than they were before the pandemic, according to a ...

Californians accused of certain drug and retail theft crimes may already be facing stiffer penalties under an initiative voters passed this year, alongside related bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into ...

Californians accused of certain drug and retail theft crimes may already be facing stiffer penalties under an initiative voters passed this year, alongside related bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into ...