Organized retail theft charges don’t stick in Target case

Organized retail theft charges don’t stick in Target case

A San Fernando Superior Court judge dismissed two counts and allowed several others to proceed last week for a couple that Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials nicknamed “Bonnie and Clyde” because they were identified as suspects in several incidents.  Judge Robert Sanchez DuFour found cause for Nathaniel Rivas Jr. to be charged with felon in possession of a firearm and an allegation that he had one or more serious violent felony con…

Retail Employee Safety and Organized Retail Crime

With tariffs raising the price of goods combined with an uncertain economic future, retail crime will rise, and along with it, lack of employee safety.  New legislation, like California’s Prop 36, is being enacted to combat retail theft. The National Retail Federation is working alongside retailers across the nation to lobby for federal involvement to further penalize perpetrators of organized retail crime. The economic conditions are ripe for a…