Sometimes people shoplift just for the fun of it. As a recovering thief, who stole hundreds of times just to get away with it, and as the educational director for an online stop theft class, I know this happens thousands of times every day. There is no doubt using drugs and alcohol increase the lik... [More]

It feels like a real violation when something you have been stolen. This is especially true if thieves have broken into your home. Just how can a stop theft class help protect your valuables, you ask? Simple – they keep thieves from ever beginning to steal in the first place. As reported in w... [More]

When you think of shoplifters you tend to think about small items. You normally do not associate a 50-inch television with a shoplifter. A story about a 50-inch TV stolen is usually a home robbery. That is not the case with this WalMart shoplifter. As reported in www.nj.com. Two men were charged w... [More]

A Florida teen’s alleged attempt to get his friend out of a shoplifting bust would have been pretty ingenious — if it had worked. Give them credit for ingenuity, but a teen who posed as a police officer to get his friend out of a shoplifting charge is in dire need of a stop theft class. ... [More]

The long arm of the law don’t hesitate for no man – even a former Alabama State law maker. Is this true even if you really have to use the potty? Dale Peterson, a former Republican candidate for Alabama agriculture commissioner known for an ad hitting "thugs and criminals" that "don't g... [More]

I sure hope Forest Whitaker does not need a New York Shoplifting class. He has not had any bad publicity surrounding him until a recent incident in a New York deli. It turns out that Oscar winner Forest Whitaker was wrongly accused of shoplifting and subjected to a humiliating pat down at a deli ba... [More]

Sometimes one small town can be the microcosm of the big picture. Wouldn’t you agree? Do six arrests per week sound like a lot when it comes to how many arrests cops make at one Wal-Mart store? It sure does to me. Rio Rancho police were called to arrest shoplifters at the local Wal-Mart an av... [More]

What is it with thieves trying to load up their pants with pilfered merchandise and walk out of the store? On the same day I read about two dunderheads who were arrested for attempting to steal and concealing the merchandise in their pants. Why do I call them dunderheads? I am glad you asked. The p... [More]

As a counselor for both in-class and online stop theft classes I will be the first to admit that stories involving theft tend to stand out to me. Most recently I have noticed a rash of theft and shoplifting occurrences where parents either involved their kids, or brought their children with them sho... [More]

Have you watched the news lately? If so you most-likely have heard a tale about a parent involved in stealing something with one of their children. Perhaps, because I counsel both in-class and online stop theft classes, I am hyper-sensitive to the issue. It is amazing how many people steal from dol... [More]