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Justin Giordano, of Harrisonburg, VA, was arrested on December 22rd after shoplifting a large amount of merchandise from a local Barnes and Noble and then running from loss prevention. On January 5th, Giordano was additionally charged with two counts of grand larceny, one count of obtaining money by false pretenses and five counts of larceny or theft.

A female suspect, 20-year-old Brittaney Strausbaugh was charged with receiving stolen goods in connection with Giordano’s theft activities.

Police have verified at least $12,000.00 in thefts by Giordano since July 2009, but he claims the amount is much more than that. Giordano claims to have stolen close to $230,000.00 from local retailers such as Barnes And Noble, Walmart, Ross, TJ Maxx, Kohl’s, and others. Police say he sold or pawned the stolen merchandise, and they are continuing the investigation.

I bet Justin’s estimate is closer to fact than what the police have verified. How about you?

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Two police officers were charged, along with two others, in a shoplifting scheme in New York yesterday. According to news reports, the officers were involved in a major shoplifting operation that involved stealing merchandise from Walmart and then selling the stolen merchandise on eBay.

Kevin Burchell, a village of Tuxedo police officer, was arrested and charged with two counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree and two counts of filing a false income tax return.

Clifford Barber III, a town of Montgomery police officer, was charged with grand larceny in the third degree, three counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, and three counts of filing a false income tax return.

Apparently, this investigation involved investigators from the local District Attorney’s office, Walmart Investigators, and police from several jurisdictions.

I will add more as I can find it. As always, comments are welcome.

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