Wal-Mart started out the month with a bang, literally; they were bombed in Mississippi, although it didn't get much coverage in the rest of the country. Wal-Mart gets well over a hundred if not several hundred bomb threats every year; however they almost never get any bombs that actually explode. In the past fifteen years there may have been close to a dozen that did explode but the most common are just soda-pop bombs, which might scare people but isn't likely to do damage unless someone gets a heart attack. This one was an improvised devise made out of fireworks, which was more powerful, but still not as serious as the Boston, Atlanta or Paris bombs.
However combined with the Paris attacks it is enough to cause panic especially since during the Black Friday weekend there were dozens more bomb threats around the country in at least seven states plus the usual number of threats between the Mississippi bomb and Black Friday. The bomb in Mississippi was the only one I know of where it was accompanied by a warning and vice versa, that warning was given in person. There are still none that I know of where a threat over the phone wasn't a bluff; however the police take them seriously. Ironically according to one of the reports they don't evacuate when a store is too busy, but if they take it seriously this would be the time when it was most important.
They had a dramatic scare when a couple brazen robbers Entered Walmart with guns drawn demanding money; but they settled for a couple cell phones before running off.
As usual there were at least five or six shooting incidents at Wal-Mart or that were initiated by incidents that started there. There was another police shooting where they killed an armed suspect, which happens just about once a month, if not more often, and at least one more incident that lead to a chase that started when the suspect dragged the police officer. Either something like this happens or a crash also happens just about every month.
There were also more than half a dozen violent incidents where people including one police officer were attacked dragged thrown to the floor, kidnapped or run over and killed in the parking lot. This escalated with Black Friday, however the number of incidents during Black Friday weekend has been dropping since an exceptionally high number of incidents in 2011 and 2011, so high that even the mainstream media felt they had to report on them extensively. this reduction seems to be because more people are shopping earlier or on line; however the number of incidents earlier in November may be growing.
Their sales seem to be going down, at least in the store, but this was partially off-set by an increase in cyber-sales; but these were accompanied by growing complaints about their web site crashing, and some of the complaints from on-line sales inevitably wind up being handled in the store even if they try to get customers to handle them online.
Wal-Mart has had at least two viral complaints about the way they treat their workers or a marine collecting toys for tots. In both cases local management seems to be enforcing corporate policies without any discretion about the details of the case. A poor worker, who was previously homeless, was fired for collecting abandoned cans in the parking lot and turning them in for deposits; this lead to enormous protests and even the New York State legislature is considering getting involved. The marine was told to take his collection out in the cold.
You would think someone in the corporate office would learn since they have at least one scandal like this, usually more, every holiday season.
One shoplifter was allegedly sexually harassed by the loss prevention officer who supposedly said he wouldn't show up in court "in exchange for her company." Another shoplifter apparently didn't realize it would be a good idea to stay awake long enough to get out of the store.
This isn't the first time a Wal-Mart shoplifter fell asleep on the job.
They're now using facial recognition technology to catch shoplifters but this is raising privacy problems since it could be used for anyone as well. This is especially important since they have also been exposed hiring Lockheed Martin to spy on their employees and even working with the FBI treating protesters like potential terrorists.
You would think that in a democratic country they would negotiate a reasonable settlement instead of arranging for the FBI to work on behalf of corporations. By treating union workers and citizens with legitimate complaints the government is raising serious doubts about the legitimacy of the so-called "War on terror." When people see that legitimate methods of protests are treated like terrorism they might not feel like they live in a free country, and even though the vast majority of them don't go to extremes it is inevitable that a few come to the conclusion that legitimate ways of taking care of grievances don't work and some do desperate things.
That doesn't mean it is always terrorism that people do to express outrage; Wal-Mart has had plenty of lesser methods to express outrage and this month they had another customer who urinated on merchandise, whether this is the reason or not.
They also had an example of overreaction to the terrorist scare hyped up by the media when a customer accused a minority worker of being involved in the Paris bombing without and justification.
There are also state lawmakers trying to advance opt out legislation for workman's comp which has a history of eroding workers rights.
Does the government work for citizens or campaign contributors?
Apparently a Georgia man who had no place to go decided that a good way to get free room and board would be to go to Wal-Mart knock over displays and destroy property.
Strange things happen at Wal-Mart!
You would think the political establishment would want to maintain a functioning society so that people don't have to strike out at Wal-Mart to get public housing or earn a fair living.
In 2006 Wake Up Wal-Mart did a study, "Is Wal-Mart Safe?" based on incidents in 2004, (PDF) about crime at Wal-Mart which showed that it increased when Wal-Marts opened up and that crime was higher at Wal-Mart than at other retailers. Since then Wal-Mart Shootings began compiling a list of gun related incidents at Wal-Mart and demonstrated that they have a large number of them, including on average more than one shooting per week somewhere in the country. In January of 2014 another study, "Rolling Back Prices and Raising Crime Rates?" provided additional statistical research indicating that Wal-Mart might be contributing to higher crime rates or at least a slowing of the decline in crime. The study found that. “on average, communities with Walmarts had 17 more property crimes and two more violent crimes per 10,000 people than those communities without Walmarts.” I reviewed this more in Wal-Mart’s crime problem, Rolling Back Safety more than prices? where I explained that although this study is helpful they could have done better with additional data that is available and I reviewed some of that. I also added my own review about why I think that Wal-Mart policies have been contributing to higher crime in a previous blog, Wal-Mart high crime rate continues un-investigaterd and have provided additional information under the author tag Walmart Crime Watch.
Stacy Mitchell has also compiled a list of other studies about Wal-Mart and how they impact society, Key Studies on Big-Box Retail & Independent Business. To the best of my knowledge Wal-Mart has done as little as they seem to get away with, often relying on rhetoric that isn't backed up with action, when it comes to addressing any of their critics concerns, including crime. For regular updates about events at Walmart through the month see Walmart Watch on twitter or check the Wal-Mart Wall; they have helped compile some of this information. The following are a list of incidents that occurred in November 2015. According to the "Is Wal-Mart Safe?" the average store in their sampling had 250 incidents per year, indicating that these are only a fraction of the crime reports at Wal-Mart, and presumably, the ones most likely to make the news on the internet nationwide. This isn't statistically representative, as the 2006 or the "Rolling Back Prices and Raising Crime Rates?" study or some of the studies cited by Stacy Mitchell; but it does provide some additional information that may help recognize how many problems there are at Wal-Mart.
Police pursuit ends in New Berlin Wisconsin Walmart parking lot, prompting lockdown 10/24/2015
NEW BERLIN -- The Walmart located on Moorland Road was evacuated after suspects involved in an armed robbery attempted to evade police by fleeing in the parking lot. Police arrested two of the suspects, but a third is still on the loose.
The episode of events began shortly after 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, October 24th.
New Berlin police say it all started when three men robbed a Verizon Wireless store in Waukesha. The suspects were described as two or possibly three African-American males, last seen driving a white SUV.
According to authorities, the white SUV the suspects were said to be in was spotted by a New Berlin officer at the intersection of Greenfield Avenue and Moorland Road. Officers followed the vehicle into the Walmart parking lot where the suspects fled. Complete article
NEW BERLIN -- The Walmart located on Moorland Road was evacuated after suspects involved in an armed robbery attempted to evade police by fleeing in the parking lot. Police arrested two of the suspects, but a third is still on the loose.
The episode of events began shortly after 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, October 24th.
New Berlin police say it all started when three men robbed a Verizon Wireless store in Waukesha. The suspects were described as two or possibly three African-American males, last seen driving a white SUV.
According to authorities, the white SUV the suspects were said to be in was spotted by a New Berlin officer at the intersection of Greenfield Avenue and Moorland Road. Officers followed the vehicle into the Walmart parking lot where the suspects fled. Complete article
Police: Well-known proponent of confederate flag sets off bomb at Mississippi Walmart 11/02/2015
A Mississippi man confessed to detonating a bomb at the Walmart in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Police said Marshall Leonard, 61, set off the bomb around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Nobody was injured in the blast.
"[Leonard] told one of the employees, who was on break in that vestibule, to run. So the employee had fled the vestibule, and the device went off. It did explode," Tupelo Police Chief Bart Aquirre said.
Leonard appeared in court Tuesday. He could not enter a plea at this appearance, but we're told that he has confessed to police and also to the media as he was leaving court. His bond was set at $150,000.
"He was a strong supporter of the Mississippi flag,” Chief Aguirre said.
Chief Aguirre said the suspect is well-known for his boycott of Walmart because the chain does not sell the Mississippi or confederate flags. Police believe that is why he decided to bomb the store. Complete article
Miss. Walmart bombing suspect confesses 11/05/2015
A Mississippi man confessed to detonating a bomb at the Walmart in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Police said Marshall Leonard, 61, set off the bomb around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Nobody was injured in the blast.
"[Leonard] told one of the employees, who was on break in that vestibule, to run. So the employee had fled the vestibule, and the device went off. It did explode," Tupelo Police Chief Bart Aquirre said.
Leonard appeared in court Tuesday. He could not enter a plea at this appearance, but we're told that he has confessed to police and also to the media as he was leaving court. His bond was set at $150,000.
"He was a strong supporter of the Mississippi flag,” Chief Aguirre said.
Chief Aguirre said the suspect is well-known for his boycott of Walmart because the chain does not sell the Mississippi or confederate flags. Police believe that is why he decided to bomb the store. Complete article
Miss. Walmart bombing suspect confesses 11/05/2015
Abington Mass. Police: Walmart loss prevention officer harassed woman charged with shoplifting 11/02/2015
ABINGTON – A 22-year-old man working as a loss prevention associate at Walmart in Abington offered to make a woman's shoplifting charge go away "in exchange for her company," according to police.
Milord Casseus, 22, was arrested and charged with intimidation of a witness and annoying phone calls on Monday, according to a statement released on Tuesday by the Abington Police Department.
Abington police responded after a young woman who was charged with shoplifting a week prior at the Walmart reported that Casseus, the loss prevention associate who apprehended her, was now calling and texting her. Complete article
ABINGTON – A 22-year-old man working as a loss prevention associate at Walmart in Abington offered to make a woman's shoplifting charge go away "in exchange for her company," according to police.
Milord Casseus, 22, was arrested and charged with intimidation of a witness and annoying phone calls on Monday, according to a statement released on Tuesday by the Abington Police Department.
Abington police responded after a young woman who was charged with shoplifting a week prior at the Walmart reported that Casseus, the loss prevention associate who apprehended her, was now calling and texting her. Complete article
Teens accused of kidnapping Washington woman, leaving her in car trunk at Walmart in Oregon 11/03/2015
Three teens were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of abducting an 86-year-old woman from her Washington home and leaving her at a Walmart in Wood Village, where she escaped from inside her own trunk. Multnomah County sheriff's deputies were called to the store at 23500 N.E. Sandy Blvd., around 1:15 a.m. by a Walmart employee after Hazel Able entered the store and claimed she had been kidnapped. The woman said she'd been abducted Monday from her Kennewick, Washington home by three strangers, forced into the trunk of her car and driven away, said Multnomah County Sheriff's Lt. Steve Alexander. Able told deputies she escaped from her closed trunk while the car was parked at the Walmart lot, according to Alexander. She was not injured, and a police search of the area turned up no suspects. A sheriff's detective spotted three teens matching descriptions Able provided around 9:10 a.m., near an Arco gas station across the street from the Walmart. A 14-year-old girl, 15-year-old boy and 16-year-old boy were arrested and booked into the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Center in Portland. All three are from Kennewick, and one is related to Able, Alexander said. Complete article
Three teens were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of abducting an 86-year-old woman from her Washington home and leaving her at a Walmart in Wood Village, where she escaped from inside her own trunk. Multnomah County sheriff's deputies were called to the store at 23500 N.E. Sandy Blvd., around 1:15 a.m. by a Walmart employee after Hazel Able entered the store and claimed she had been kidnapped. The woman said she'd been abducted Monday from her Kennewick, Washington home by three strangers, forced into the trunk of her car and driven away, said Multnomah County Sheriff's Lt. Steve Alexander. Able told deputies she escaped from her closed trunk while the car was parked at the Walmart lot, according to Alexander. She was not injured, and a police search of the area turned up no suspects. A sheriff's detective spotted three teens matching descriptions Able provided around 9:10 a.m., near an Arco gas station across the street from the Walmart. A 14-year-old girl, 15-year-old boy and 16-year-old boy were arrested and booked into the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Center in Portland. All three are from Kennewick, and one is related to Able, Alexander said. Complete article
Ex-Walmart CEO, Bill Simon lands troubled plane on Arkansas highway 11/04/2015
Three charged in theft of rifle ammo from Saginaw Township Mississippi Wal-Mart 11/04/2015
Maryville, TN. Wal-Mart Superstore Attracts $1 Million In Tax Subsidy 11/03/2015
There are already two Wal-Mart supercenters within 5 miles of the small community of Maryville, Tennessee, which has a population of just over 28,000 people. Twelve miles away in Knoxville, there are 4 more Wal-Mart stores—of which three are superstores.
Yet public officials in Maryville are eager enough to have another, 190,000 s.f. Wal-Mart, they’re willing to pay more than a million dollars for it, courtesy of the city’s taxpayers. That’s a store almost the size of 4 football fields, with a parking lot that will hold nearly 800 cars.
The proposed superstore on East Lamar Alexander Parkway is still being negotiated between the Maryville City Council and the Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust. According to the Daily Times newspaper, Wal-Mart will buy 28 acres of land—with the agreement that taxpayers will pay for “public infrastructure improvements…on or adjacent to” Wal-Mart’s property.
The city will be expected to build a connector road to the Wal-Mart site, extend a sewer line to the site, and install a traffic light. Wal-Mart will partially relocate 1,200 feet of roadway on the northern end of the site. “They will build a nice new road, with curbs, sidewalks and turn lanes,” the city manager told the newspaper. Complete article
There are already two Wal-Mart supercenters within 5 miles of the small community of Maryville, Tennessee, which has a population of just over 28,000 people. Twelve miles away in Knoxville, there are 4 more Wal-Mart stores—of which three are superstores.
Yet public officials in Maryville are eager enough to have another, 190,000 s.f. Wal-Mart, they’re willing to pay more than a million dollars for it, courtesy of the city’s taxpayers. That’s a store almost the size of 4 football fields, with a parking lot that will hold nearly 800 cars.
The proposed superstore on East Lamar Alexander Parkway is still being negotiated between the Maryville City Council and the Wal-Mart Real Estate Business Trust. According to the Daily Times newspaper, Wal-Mart will buy 28 acres of land—with the agreement that taxpayers will pay for “public infrastructure improvements…on or adjacent to” Wal-Mart’s property.
The city will be expected to build a connector road to the Wal-Mart site, extend a sewer line to the site, and install a traffic light. Wal-Mart will partially relocate 1,200 feet of roadway on the northern end of the site. “They will build a nice new road, with curbs, sidewalks and turn lanes,” the city manager told the newspaper. Complete article
Forbes: How Walmart Became A Green Energy Giant, Using Other People's Money 11/04/2015
Wal-Mart, long a bogeyman of the left, is making one of their long-held dreams a reality: affordable green energy deployed on an industrial scale.
The roof of the Wal-Mart in Mountain View, Calif. is covered with solar panels. Depending on the time of day they provide 15% of the power needed to run the store. Last year President Barack Obama stopped by here to give a speech about his energy plan. Standing before shelves filled with discount lightbulbs, Obama held up Wal-Mart as an exemplar of corporate responsibility.
“A few years ago you decided to put solar panels on the roof of the store. You replaced some traditional lightbulbs with LEDs. You made refrigerator cases more efficient. And you even put in a charging station for electric vehicles,” said Obama. ” More and more companies like Wal-Mart are realizing that wasting less energy isn’t just good for the planet, it’s good for business. It’s good for the bottom line.”
And it’s great p.r. for a company that has been lambasted for a range of corporate sins, from low wages and deplorable working conditions to accusations of predatory pricing and monopolistic behavior (naturally they deny these things). But if Wal-Mart’s energy initiative sometimes smells a little like greenwashing, the Bentonville, Ark.-based giant (2014 sales: $480 billion) is far too savvy to lose money on it. Rather, the retailer has off-loaded the capital investment–and all the risk–onto partners, like SolarCity, that minimize their exposure by taking full advantage of the federal government’s generous subsidies for investing in alternative energy. Complete article
Wal-Mart, long a bogeyman of the left, is making one of their long-held dreams a reality: affordable green energy deployed on an industrial scale.
The roof of the Wal-Mart in Mountain View, Calif. is covered with solar panels. Depending on the time of day they provide 15% of the power needed to run the store. Last year President Barack Obama stopped by here to give a speech about his energy plan. Standing before shelves filled with discount lightbulbs, Obama held up Wal-Mart as an exemplar of corporate responsibility.
“A few years ago you decided to put solar panels on the roof of the store. You replaced some traditional lightbulbs with LEDs. You made refrigerator cases more efficient. And you even put in a charging station for electric vehicles,” said Obama. ” More and more companies like Wal-Mart are realizing that wasting less energy isn’t just good for the planet, it’s good for business. It’s good for the bottom line.”
And it’s great p.r. for a company that has been lambasted for a range of corporate sins, from low wages and deplorable working conditions to accusations of predatory pricing and monopolistic behavior (naturally they deny these things). But if Wal-Mart’s energy initiative sometimes smells a little like greenwashing, the Bentonville, Ark.-based giant (2014 sales: $480 billion) is far too savvy to lose money on it. Rather, the retailer has off-loaded the capital investment–and all the risk–onto partners, like SolarCity, that minimize their exposure by taking full advantage of the federal government’s generous subsidies for investing in alternative energy. Complete article
Police seek suspect in Missouri Walmart parking lot armed robbery 11/04/2015
Brazen Robbers Enter Colorado Walmart Wielding Guns And Demanding Money 11/04/2015
DENVER (CBS4) – Deputies in Arapahoe County would like the public’s help identifying suspects in an armed robbery at a Walmart.
According to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, the robbery occurred at the Walmart located at Florida Avenue and Parker Road just after midnight on Wednesday.
Deputies say the two pulled guns on the store manager. They didn’t get any money but investigators say they stole two cellphones from employees and ran. Complete article
DENVER (CBS4) – Deputies in Arapahoe County would like the public’s help identifying suspects in an armed robbery at a Walmart.
According to the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, the robbery occurred at the Walmart located at Florida Avenue and Parker Road just after midnight on Wednesday.
Deputies say the two pulled guns on the store manager. They didn’t get any money but investigators say they stole two cellphones from employees and ran. Complete article
O’Fallon Missouri residents upset over proposed Walmart development 11/05/2015
Man allegedly stole elderly man's credit cards from gym locker, used at Tx. Wal-Mart 11/05/2015
Police: Shoplifter Found Passed Out In Tenn. Wal-Mart 11/05/2015
Randall E. Tweed, 34, of 440 Welcome Grove Road, was charged early today by Greeneville police with possession of a Schedule III drug, theft over $500/shoplifting and public intoxication, Officer Dustin Winter said in a report.
Police were called to the Greeneville Wal-Mart about 3:45 a.m. today about a man found "passed out on the floor" inside the store, the report said.
It was determined that Tweed was under the influence "of an intoxicant" and was a danger to himself and the public, the report said.
Tweed was awakened and searched. Wal-Mart merchandise valued at $467 was found in his pants and jacket, the report said. Complete article
Randall E. Tweed, 34, of 440 Welcome Grove Road, was charged early today by Greeneville police with possession of a Schedule III drug, theft over $500/shoplifting and public intoxication, Officer Dustin Winter said in a report.
Police were called to the Greeneville Wal-Mart about 3:45 a.m. today about a man found "passed out on the floor" inside the store, the report said.
It was determined that Tweed was under the influence "of an intoxicant" and was a danger to himself and the public, the report said.
Tweed was awakened and searched. Wal-Mart merchandise valued at $467 was found in his pants and jacket, the report said. Complete article
Kingsport Tenn. police: Man who stole vacuum struck by truck while fleeing from Walmart 11/05/2015
Man arrested for exposing himself to girls outside Oregon Wal-Mart 11/05/2015
Witness describes scene at SGF Missouri Walmart when police killed armed suspect 11/05/2015
Ben Oumlil, of Springfield, said he bought some dog food at the Walmart on Kearney Street and Glenstone Avenue a little before 1 a.m. Wednesday.
He was getting ready to leave the store when he noticed police lights in the parking lot.
Oumlil said some other customers at the door told him they had been instructed to stay inside. But he didn't think the situation was too serious, so he began to walk outside.
"I was the only person who tried to go outside," Oumlil said. "Other people were just standing next to the claw machine."
Oumlil said he was stepping outside when a police officer, with his gun drawn, yelled at Oumlil to get back inside.
It wasn't until much later that Oumlil learned police were chasing a man named Joseph Tyndall, 30. Police say they followed Tyndall from Walmart to the Rest Haven Court motel down Kearney Street, where he pointed a gun at officers.
Police say the officers opened fire and killed Tyndall Complete article
Friend said man killed by officers had kind heart; Missouri police said he had long record 11/05/2015
Ben Oumlil, of Springfield, said he bought some dog food at the Walmart on Kearney Street and Glenstone Avenue a little before 1 a.m. Wednesday.
He was getting ready to leave the store when he noticed police lights in the parking lot.
Oumlil said some other customers at the door told him they had been instructed to stay inside. But he didn't think the situation was too serious, so he began to walk outside.
"I was the only person who tried to go outside," Oumlil said. "Other people were just standing next to the claw machine."
Oumlil said he was stepping outside when a police officer, with his gun drawn, yelled at Oumlil to get back inside.
It wasn't until much later that Oumlil learned police were chasing a man named Joseph Tyndall, 30. Police say they followed Tyndall from Walmart to the Rest Haven Court motel down Kearney Street, where he pointed a gun at officers.
Police say the officers opened fire and killed Tyndall Complete article
Friend said man killed by officers had kind heart; Missouri police said he had long record 11/05/2015
$2K Stolen From Wallet at Long Island NY Walmart: Police 11/06/2015
Walmart pumps $20M into 'Greenlight A Vet' advocacy efforts 11/06/2015
Lawsuit dismissal clears way for Louisville Ky.'s West End Wal-Mart 11/06/2015
Montana Police Reports: Browning woman, teen caught shoplifting at Walmart; body-part model goes missing from MT Tech 11/0/2015
2 wanted after stealing credit cards, buying Tenn. Walmart gift cards 11/06/2015
Wal-Mart heir $27B less wealthy than once thought 11/07/2015
Police: Woman caught walking out of Tenn. Walmart with $600 worth of goods she didn’t pay for 11/07/2015
Walmart’s Use of Sci-fi Tech To Spot Shoplifters Raises Privacy Questions 11/09/2015
Retailers are scanning shoppers with high-tech tools to automatically pick out suspected thieves, absent rules to protect privacy.
In the old days, when a store caught someone stealing, a detective would march the thief to a backroom and take his picture with a Polaroid camera. The photo would be added to the retailer’s in-house rogues gallery to help store security keep an eye out for bad guys.
But earlier this year, Walmart WMT 0.00% showed how times have changed. It tested a system that scanned the face of everyone entering several of its stores, identified suspected shoplifters, and instantly alerted store security on their mobile devices.
The potential of such facial recognition technology has been discussed for years. But now some stores are actually using it. Complete article
Retailers are scanning shoppers with high-tech tools to automatically pick out suspected thieves, absent rules to protect privacy.
In the old days, when a store caught someone stealing, a detective would march the thief to a backroom and take his picture with a Polaroid camera. The photo would be added to the retailer’s in-house rogues gallery to help store security keep an eye out for bad guys.
But earlier this year, Walmart WMT 0.00% showed how times have changed. It tested a system that scanned the face of everyone entering several of its stores, identified suspected shoplifters, and instantly alerted store security on their mobile devices.
The potential of such facial recognition technology has been discussed for years. But now some stores are actually using it. Complete article
Offer to be Walmart secret shopper too good to be true 11/07/2015
NY Walmart employee arrested for stealing merchandise 11/08/2015 court costs for petty thefts are much higher than the items subsidizing Walmart security with taxpayer money.
Around the Blotter: Items stolen at Kansas Walmart Saturday include fried chicken 11/08/2015
Shoppers say Nevada Walmart display is racist 11/06/2015
Shoplifting incident in Westfield Mass. Walmart leads to drug arrests 11/09/2015
LaGrange Ga. Police seek identity of alleged Wal-Mart shoplifter 11/0/2015
Forbes: Three Social Media Mistakes Walmart Is Making Right Now 11/09/2015
Police: Boy urinated on backpacks in Pa. Walmart, caused over $400 in damages 11/09/2015
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Police arrested a 13-year-old boy on Saturday after he allegedly urinated on 20 backpacks in Walmart.
Police say the incident happened at 10:15 p.m., and resulted in $409.28 in damages.
The boy will be charged with criminal mischief at a later date. He was released to the custody of his parents. Complete article
WILKES-BARRE TWP. — Police arrested a 13-year-old boy on Saturday after he allegedly urinated on 20 backpacks in Walmart.
Police say the incident happened at 10:15 p.m., and resulted in $409.28 in damages.
The boy will be charged with criminal mischief at a later date. He was released to the custody of his parents. Complete article
Police seek men who used stolen credit cards at Fayetteville NC Walmart 11/09/2015
Police: Woman uses stolen credit at Franklin Tenn. Walmart 11/09/2015
Dauphin County man left work release for Pa. Wal-Mart, ditched GPS monitoring bracelet: Crime Stoppers 11/10/2015
Deputies investigating stolen license plate at SC Walmart 11/10/2015
Framingham Mass. Cops: Woman admits to Walmart thefts 11/10/2015
Police: Woman attacked during Marion NC Walmart robbery 11/09/2015
Man charged with felony stealing beer from NC Walmart, gas station 11/11/2015
Thieves hit Wal-Mart, Target in West Melbourne Fla. 11/11/2015
South Tulsa homicide suspect found shot in car at east Tulsa Okla. Wal-Mart in attempted suicide 11/11/2015
2 juveniles charged with making bomb threat to South Union Township Pa. Walmart 11/11/2015
Fla. Wal-Mart employee suffers minor injury in scuffle 11/11/2015
Shoplifting suspect flees Macon Ga. Wal-Mart with sex toy in tow 11/11/2015
Forbes: Walmart Black Friday protesters will fast for higher wages 11/12/2015
Man sought in RI Walmart child abductions 11/12/2015
Arrests made after trooper assaulted at Mount Airy Walmart, police say 11/12/2015
A mother, her sons and a family friend were arrested Thursday after a confrontation that ended with an assault on a Maryland State Police trooper in the bathroom of the Mount Airy Walmart.
Traci Conners, 42, of the 1400 block of Key Highway in Frederick, and her sons Jacob Conners, 17, and Steven Conners, 19, both of the 13000 block of West Annapolis Court in Mount Airy, were each charged with second-degree assault of a police officer.
Jacob Conners, who is being charged as an adult, also faces charges of second-degree assault and carrying a concealed dangerous weapon; Steven Conners is also charged with second-degree assault and hindering; and Traci Conners and Emily Anthony, 19, of the 1300 block of Manor Drive in Mount Airy, are each charged with one count of disorderly conduct.
Trooper Johnathan Horner of the state police Westminster Barrack responded to a report of a road rage incident, arriving in the 200 block of East Ridgeville Boulevard near the Walmart at about 1 p.m. Thursday. Complete article
A mother, her sons and a family friend were arrested Thursday after a confrontation that ended with an assault on a Maryland State Police trooper in the bathroom of the Mount Airy Walmart.
Traci Conners, 42, of the 1400 block of Key Highway in Frederick, and her sons Jacob Conners, 17, and Steven Conners, 19, both of the 13000 block of West Annapolis Court in Mount Airy, were each charged with second-degree assault of a police officer.
Jacob Conners, who is being charged as an adult, also faces charges of second-degree assault and carrying a concealed dangerous weapon; Steven Conners is also charged with second-degree assault and hindering; and Traci Conners and Emily Anthony, 19, of the 1300 block of Manor Drive in Mount Airy, are each charged with one count of disorderly conduct.
Trooper Johnathan Horner of the state police Westminster Barrack responded to a report of a road rage incident, arriving in the 200 block of East Ridgeville Boulevard near the Walmart at about 1 p.m. Thursday. Complete article
Man claims he stole stereo amplifier from Fla. Wal-Mart to buy food for his child 11/13/2015
Police: Man wanted after shoplifting attempt at Arkansas Walmart 11/13/2015
Two Sumter women involved in shoplifting, dragging police leading to shooting and police chase allegedly hit NMB SC Walmart on same morning 11/13/2015
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – A woman who was stopped by police for allegedly shoplifting at the Walmart near Surfside Beach was shot after dragging an Horry County Police officer with her car, according to officials. She then led police on a chase through Myrtle Beach before stopping at Kings Highway and 37th Avenue North.
The two suspects taken into custody on Tuesday have been booked at the Horry County Detention Center, according to Lt. Raul Denis of the Horry County Police Department.
Laquandra D. Borden, age 25, of Sumter is charged with hit and run (duties of driver involved in accident resulting in damage to attended vehicles), shoplifting/enhancement for third or subsequent offense value between $1,000 - $5,000, criminal conspiracy (common law conspiracy defined), assault of a high and aggravated nature and first degree assault and battery, according to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center website. Complete article
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – A woman who was stopped by police for allegedly shoplifting at the Walmart near Surfside Beach was shot after dragging an Horry County Police officer with her car, according to officials. She then led police on a chase through Myrtle Beach before stopping at Kings Highway and 37th Avenue North.
The two suspects taken into custody on Tuesday have been booked at the Horry County Detention Center, according to Lt. Raul Denis of the Horry County Police Department.
Laquandra D. Borden, age 25, of Sumter is charged with hit and run (duties of driver involved in accident resulting in damage to attended vehicles), shoplifting/enhancement for third or subsequent offense value between $1,000 - $5,000, criminal conspiracy (common law conspiracy defined), assault of a high and aggravated nature and first degree assault and battery, according to the J. Reuben Long Detention Center website. Complete article
Would-be shoplifter involved in scuffle with security, police at ND Wal-Mart 11/13/2015
Suspected Shoplifter Pepper Sprays Colorado Walmart Employee 11/14/2015
Shreveport Louisiana PD seeking man caught on camera stealing groceries in Walmart parking lot 11/14/2015
Police: NC Walmart shoplifters stash items in diaper bag 11/15/2015
HCPD: Suspect snatched purse from victim’s cart at SC Wal-Mart 11/16/2015
Pa. Troopers: Bananas Used as Weapon in Walmart Heist 11/16/2015
Louisiana Walmart workers plan demonstrations at Governor’s Mansion, gubernatorial debate 11/16/2015
Police: Handgun reported missing after man left it in Walmart bathroom 11/14/2015
Eagle Point man accused of robbing woman at Oregon Walmart 11/16/2015
Police searching for man who robbed metro Okla. Walmart 11/16/2015
Woman run over, killed in Ga. Wal-Mart parking lot after purse snatched 11/16/2015
A woman was run over and killed in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Covington by the man who snatched her purse, police said.
Officers responded to a robbery call Monday around 7:45 p.m. at 10300 Industrial Boulevard, just off Exit 95 on I-20 eastbound.
When they arrived, they found a woman approximately 65 years old who was lying in the parking lot after being struck by a vehicle multiple times, Capt. Craig Treadwell with Covington police told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“It’s a brutal crime,” he said.
The suspect took the woman’s white or tan purse, jumped in his vehicle and ran over her more than once as he escaped, Treadwell said. He fled the scene in a silver or gray mid- to late-1990s Honda Accord that may have a dealer drive-out tag, according to police. Complete article
Slain Covington Ga. purse-snatch victim’s credit card found in Tenn. 11/19/2015
Fatal Ga. Walmart purse snatching could be linked to a South Carolina robbery 11/19/2015
Duo arrested in Tennessee for running over, killing woman at Ga. Walmart 11/21/2015
A woman was run over and killed in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Covington by the man who snatched her purse, police said.
Officers responded to a robbery call Monday around 7:45 p.m. at 10300 Industrial Boulevard, just off Exit 95 on I-20 eastbound.
When they arrived, they found a woman approximately 65 years old who was lying in the parking lot after being struck by a vehicle multiple times, Capt. Craig Treadwell with Covington police told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“It’s a brutal crime,” he said.
The suspect took the woman’s white or tan purse, jumped in his vehicle and ran over her more than once as he escaped, Treadwell said. He fled the scene in a silver or gray mid- to late-1990s Honda Accord that may have a dealer drive-out tag, according to police. Complete article
Slain Covington Ga. purse-snatch victim’s credit card found in Tenn. 11/19/2015
Fatal Ga. Walmart purse snatching could be linked to a South Carolina robbery 11/19/2015
Duo arrested in Tennessee for running over, killing woman at Ga. Walmart 11/21/2015
Police: Fla. Walmart shoplifter used shopping cart as weapon in getaway attempt 11/17/2015
Deputies searching for man who robbed Fla. Walmart at gunpoint 11/16/2015
Man allegedly tried to scam Pa. Walmart 11/17/2015
Sheriff: Irmo man stole debit card, tried to use it at SC Walmart 11/17/2015
Man charged with theft of assault rifle ammo at Mich. Walmart told security to 'look the other way,' witness testifies 11/17/2015
Man Arrested For Publicly Exposing Himself At Md. Walmart leading to seizure of numerous firearms at his home 11/17/2015
ABERDEEN, Md. (WJZ) – The Aberdeen Police Department responded to a store where witnesses said a man was exposing himself in front of children.
Alfred Delotenville, 54, was openly acting in a sexually explicit way in the toy aisle at the Walmart on South Philadelphia Boulevard Saturday evening.
He was immediately placed under arrest.
Police officers then seized the semi-automatic handgun and drug paraphernalia they found in his car.
Investigators later obtained search warrants for Delotenville’s home, which resulted in the seizure of numerous firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and over 1,000 photographs of child pornography and videos depicting child sex acts. Complete article
ABERDEEN, Md. (WJZ) – The Aberdeen Police Department responded to a store where witnesses said a man was exposing himself in front of children.
Alfred Delotenville, 54, was openly acting in a sexually explicit way in the toy aisle at the Walmart on South Philadelphia Boulevard Saturday evening.
He was immediately placed under arrest.
Police officers then seized the semi-automatic handgun and drug paraphernalia they found in his car.
Investigators later obtained search warrants for Delotenville’s home, which resulted in the seizure of numerous firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and over 1,000 photographs of child pornography and videos depicting child sex acts. Complete article
Wal-Mart posts declining profit and revenue 11/17/2015
Wal-Mart said Tuesday that its profit sank 8.8 percent in the most recent quarter as the big-box behemoth shoulders the cost of a wage increase for its workers and investments in boosting its e-commerce business.
The world's largest retailer said revenue was down 1.3 percent to $117.4 billion, even as it managed to lure more shoppers to its U.S. stores.
The lackluster results add to evidence that Wal-Mart won't be heading into its most crucial season of the year from a position of particular strength. For the previous two quarters, the retailer saw essentially flat sales and sagging profits. Last month, the company slashed its profit outlook for next year based on expected costs of its wage hike and investments in its online business. Complete article
Wal-Mart said Tuesday that its profit sank 8.8 percent in the most recent quarter as the big-box behemoth shoulders the cost of a wage increase for its workers and investments in boosting its e-commerce business.
The world's largest retailer said revenue was down 1.3 percent to $117.4 billion, even as it managed to lure more shoppers to its U.S. stores.
The lackluster results add to evidence that Wal-Mart won't be heading into its most crucial season of the year from a position of particular strength. For the previous two quarters, the retailer saw essentially flat sales and sagging profits. Last month, the company slashed its profit outlook for next year based on expected costs of its wage hike and investments in its online business. Complete article
Dayton Ohio woman slammed to ground by Wal-Mart shopper 11/17/2015
Police looking for woman who threw Ohio Walmart customer to the ground by her hair 11/17/2015
GREENVILLE, OH (KTRK) -- Police are looking for the woman who viciously attacked a customer at Walmart in Greenville, Ohio.
Deanne Kenworthy told ABC affiliate WKEF-TV she had just finished filling out a form when the clerk called her to the counter. Another woman in line then became angry because she thought Kenworthy had cut her in line.
"I said, 'Sorry, I don't have time for this,' so she grabs the back of my hair and throws me, I mean literally throws me like a sack of potatoes," Kenworthy said. "When I landed I hit my back and my elbow and busted my head and then when I tried to get back up she kicked me back down." Complete article
GREENVILLE, OH (KTRK) -- Police are looking for the woman who viciously attacked a customer at Walmart in Greenville, Ohio.
Deanne Kenworthy told ABC affiliate WKEF-TV she had just finished filling out a form when the clerk called her to the counter. Another woman in line then became angry because she thought Kenworthy had cut her in line.
"I said, 'Sorry, I don't have time for this,' so she grabs the back of my hair and throws me, I mean literally throws me like a sack of potatoes," Kenworthy said. "When I landed I hit my back and my elbow and busted my head and then when I tried to get back up she kicked me back down." Complete article
Flagstaff PD investigates suspicious tanks outside Ariz. Walmart 11/17/2015 A bomb team was called out as a safety precaution
Police: Woman shoplifted $7K in groceries from Fla. Wal-Mart 11/18/2015 How can she do this? Only at Wal-mart is this so common.
Wake Forest PD looking for suspects in NC Wal-Mart thefts 11/18/2015
2 men arrested at Secaucus NJ Walmart during one hour span, police say 11/18/2015
Woman says man attacked her with pillow inside a Florida Walmart 11/18/2015
What's behind Donald Trump's Walmart vote? 11/19/2015 Barb Harkins, a registered Democrat whose grandchildren earn the federal minimum wage, is among those who plan to vote for the real estate billionaire, despite her passion about the need to raise wages.
Man used company credit card to make $3K in purchases at Pa. Walmart, police say 11/19/2015
Man who committed lewd act in Lockport NY Walmart sought by cops 11/19/2015
Police searching for robbery suspects who attacked, pulled woman across Alabama Walmart pavement 11/19/2015
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham police are searching for two suspects who they say robbed and attacked a woman Thursday afternoon in the Walmart parking lot on Montclair Road.
Birmingham Police Lt. Sean Edwards described the first suspect as a black male “5’10, slim build med complexion,” and the second black male suspect as “6’1’’, 200-230, muscular build, shoulder length dreads.”
Edwards said the 58-year-old female victim was dragged to the ground and pulled across the pavement. He said she sustained injuries. Complete article
Police arrest one suspect in Walmart parking lot robbery 11/23/2015
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Birmingham police are searching for two suspects who they say robbed and attacked a woman Thursday afternoon in the Walmart parking lot on Montclair Road.
Birmingham Police Lt. Sean Edwards described the first suspect as a black male “5’10, slim build med complexion,” and the second black male suspect as “6’1’’, 200-230, muscular build, shoulder length dreads.”
Edwards said the 58-year-old female victim was dragged to the ground and pulled across the pavement. He said she sustained injuries. Complete article
Police arrest one suspect in Walmart parking lot robbery 11/23/2015
Ex-NY Walmart employee says he was fired after redeeming $5.10-worth of empty cans and bottles at his store 11/19/2015
A Walmart employee in Albany, NY, said he was fired after recycling empty bottles and cans at the store he worked at for $5.10, the Albany Times-Union reports.
Thomas Smith, 52, a recent parolee who had spent four months homeless, was fired from his $9-an-hour job gathering shopping carts after security cameras captured him cashing in the refuse. A store manager deemed Smith’s actions tantamount to theft, the Times-Union reports.
“I didn’t know you couldn’t take empties left behind. They were garbage,” Smith told the paper. “I didn’t even get a chance to explain myself. They told me to turn in my badge.”
In a statement to CBS 6 Albany, Aaron Mullins, Senior Manager for Walmart Media Relations said, “Mr. Smith was terminated due to theft inside of the store and has signed a statement admitting to the crime.”
UPDATE: Aaron Mullins, Senior Manager for Walmart Media Relations released this statement: “Mr. Smith was terminated due to theft inside of the store and has signed a statement admitting to the crime.” Complete article
After Wal-Mart fires employee, fund raises $20,000 11/23/2015
Smith was interrogated in the security office, eventually signing a statement admitting guilt, despite not having his glasses and being unable to read. Smith did not want to argue and potentially jeopardize his parole. Smith served a 15-year sentence for a 2002 armed robbery.
The pubic backlash against the Wal-Mart manager's decision was swift and broad. Some called for a boycott of the retail behemoth and others wrote to store officials; this all comes just days before Black Friday, when bargain discounts are used to buoy sales.
Lawmakers gather in support of fired NY Walmart employee 11/24/2015
ALBANY - Local lawmakers are joining in the effort to help a New Yorker keep his job.
Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin and John McDonald sent a letter to the state labor department on Tuesday calling on the state to investigate the firing of Thomas Smith who was fired from an East Greenbush WalMart last week.
Walmart changes story again after firing Albany man who redeemed $2 in empty cans 11/30/2015
A Walmart employee in Albany, NY, said he was fired after recycling empty bottles and cans at the store he worked at for $5.10, the Albany Times-Union reports.
Thomas Smith, 52, a recent parolee who had spent four months homeless, was fired from his $9-an-hour job gathering shopping carts after security cameras captured him cashing in the refuse. A store manager deemed Smith’s actions tantamount to theft, the Times-Union reports.
“I didn’t know you couldn’t take empties left behind. They were garbage,” Smith told the paper. “I didn’t even get a chance to explain myself. They told me to turn in my badge.”
In a statement to CBS 6 Albany, Aaron Mullins, Senior Manager for Walmart Media Relations said, “Mr. Smith was terminated due to theft inside of the store and has signed a statement admitting to the crime.”
UPDATE: Aaron Mullins, Senior Manager for Walmart Media Relations released this statement: “Mr. Smith was terminated due to theft inside of the store and has signed a statement admitting to the crime.” Complete article
After Wal-Mart fires employee, fund raises $20,000 11/23/2015
Smith was interrogated in the security office, eventually signing a statement admitting guilt, despite not having his glasses and being unable to read. Smith did not want to argue and potentially jeopardize his parole. Smith served a 15-year sentence for a 2002 armed robbery.
The pubic backlash against the Wal-Mart manager's decision was swift and broad. Some called for a boycott of the retail behemoth and others wrote to store officials; this all comes just days before Black Friday, when bargain discounts are used to buoy sales.
Lawmakers gather in support of fired NY Walmart employee 11/24/2015
ALBANY - Local lawmakers are joining in the effort to help a New Yorker keep his job.
Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin and John McDonald sent a letter to the state labor department on Tuesday calling on the state to investigate the firing of Thomas Smith who was fired from an East Greenbush WalMart last week.
Walmart changes story again after firing Albany man who redeemed $2 in empty cans 11/30/2015
Cheyenne Wal-Mart worker admits to stealing from retailer 11/19/2015
Wal-Mart scrimped on hiring as store space grew rapidly 11/20/2015
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart has been dogged by criticism of the standard of its stores in recent years, including long checkout lines and insufficient stocking of its shelves. A Reuters analysis of the giant discount retailer’s growth and its employee numbers may help explain why.
Over the past decade, Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) opened nearly 1,500 new stores in the United States, a 45 percent increase in space and equivalent to more than 4,000 American football fields, while its sales have grown by 50 percent. But based on rough headcount figures provided by the company, the expansion was in stark contrast to the growth in its U.S. workforce, which was only about 8 percent in that time. It means the store space per employee increased around 34 percent. Complete article
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart has been dogged by criticism of the standard of its stores in recent years, including long checkout lines and insufficient stocking of its shelves. A Reuters analysis of the giant discount retailer’s growth and its employee numbers may help explain why.
Over the past decade, Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) opened nearly 1,500 new stores in the United States, a 45 percent increase in space and equivalent to more than 4,000 American football fields, while its sales have grown by 50 percent. But based on rough headcount figures provided by the company, the expansion was in stark contrast to the growth in its U.S. workforce, which was only about 8 percent in that time. It means the store space per employee increased around 34 percent. Complete article
Walmart offering drive-thru Thanksgiving meal shopping in Orlando 11/20/2015 Customers can place an order online at Walmart.com/grocery, choose a timeslot, and head to a local participating store, where a Walmart associate will load everything into his/her car.
Shoppers furious with Walmart over toy truck 11/20/2015 A comment on the petition by one of the more than 10,000 supporters reads: “As a trucker, seeing these in real life is no treat. The reality is violence. Do not support desensitization of children. This “toy” is no different than a slave train combined with a coroner’s wagon. Auschwitz mentality is immoral & degrading.”
Texas man accused of robbing Wal-Mart employees at gunpoint smiles in mugshot 11/20/2015
Police seek driver who hurt Villa Rica cop in Ga. Wal-Mart parking lot 11/20/2015
Underwear shoplifter arrested at ND Walmart 11/20/2015
PBSO: Man wanted for using stolen credit card at Fla. Chick-Fil-A, Walmart 11/20/2015
Suspect wearing surgical mask allegedly robs several Ga. Walmart stores 11/20/2015
Man carjacked at South Austin Tx. Walmart speaks out 11/20/2015
Woman shoots at robbery suspect outside of Tx. Walmart 11/20/2015
BELLMEAD, Texas - A shooting was caught on camera outside of a Walmart in McLennan County Friday afternoon.
Andre Dawson, 27, was in the line of fire after a woman shot at him when he allegedly tried to steal the purse of a different woman.
Witnesses recorded the incident from across the street.
In the video, you can see the woman pointing a pistol at Dawson who was struggling with a man. When he got away, the woman shot at the suspect.
Police said Dawson tripped and was not hit. He took off running but was tackled by a group of men seconds later. The woman then walked away from the scene, gun in hand. Complete article
BELLMEAD, Texas - A shooting was caught on camera outside of a Walmart in McLennan County Friday afternoon.
Andre Dawson, 27, was in the line of fire after a woman shot at him when he allegedly tried to steal the purse of a different woman.
Witnesses recorded the incident from across the street.
In the video, you can see the woman pointing a pistol at Dawson who was struggling with a man. When he got away, the woman shot at the suspect.
Police said Dawson tripped and was not hit. He took off running but was tackled by a group of men seconds later. The woman then walked away from the scene, gun in hand. Complete article
Firefighters put out electrical fire at Chesapeake Va. Walmart 11/21/2015
Chesapeake Va. Walmart closed until Saturday due to weekend fire 11/25/2015
Deputies: 2 men used counterfeit bills at Fla. Walmart 11/21/2015
Maryland State Police Investigating Armed Robbery Outside of Berlin Wal-Mart 11/21/2015
Two women charged in June theft from NY Wal-Mart 11/21/2015
Alleged ringleader of Macon Ga. Wal-Mart stampede joins U.S. Army, case against him dismissed 11/22/2015
The teenager authorities believe was the ringleader of the rampage through Macon's Zebulon Road Wal-Mart this past summer has been cleared of charges and is enlisted in the U.S. Army.
Vashaun Chandler Rozier, 18, faced charges of criminal street gang activity, rioting and criminal damage to property in the second degree for his part in the June 28 stampede involving about 88 people. Authorities alleged Rozier organized the party that most of the young people involved attended before going to the store about 2 a.m. that Sunday.
Rozier, a recent graduate of Westside High School, planned to follow in his father's footsteps by enlisting in the military.
"I dismissed the charges so that he could join the military," Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke said. "Typically, in cases like this, they resolve with the defendant doing some type of community service. Honestly, I can think of no higher community service than serving our country in the armed forces."
Rozier has completed his physical and joined the Army, Cooke said.
"It's not uncommon. It's actually pretty traditional," Cooke said, noting former Georgia Gov. Zell Miller also was arrested at a young age after making a mistake. Miller joined the Marine Corps, "and he turned out OK," Cooke said. Complete article
The teenager authorities believe was the ringleader of the rampage through Macon's Zebulon Road Wal-Mart this past summer has been cleared of charges and is enlisted in the U.S. Army.
Vashaun Chandler Rozier, 18, faced charges of criminal street gang activity, rioting and criminal damage to property in the second degree for his part in the June 28 stampede involving about 88 people. Authorities alleged Rozier organized the party that most of the young people involved attended before going to the store about 2 a.m. that Sunday.
Rozier, a recent graduate of Westside High School, planned to follow in his father's footsteps by enlisting in the military.
"I dismissed the charges so that he could join the military," Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke said. "Typically, in cases like this, they resolve with the defendant doing some type of community service. Honestly, I can think of no higher community service than serving our country in the armed forces."
Rozier has completed his physical and joined the Army, Cooke said.
"It's not uncommon. It's actually pretty traditional," Cooke said, noting former Georgia Gov. Zell Miller also was arrested at a young age after making a mistake. Miller joined the Marine Corps, "and he turned out OK," Cooke said. Complete article
Man found shot outside Fla. Walmart Neighborhood Market in Orange County 11/23/2015
Logan Police Say Frantic 911 Call About Utah Wal-Mart Shooter Was A Hoax To Get Out Of A Traffic Stop 11/23/2015
Man charged with committing lewd act at Lockport NY Walmart 11/24/2015
Walmart Is Working with the FBI and Lockheed Martin to Spy on Striking Workers 11/2/2015
A bombshell report has been released, documenting how Walmart, with help from Lockheed Martin and the FBI, spied on its workers and those who were organizing protests against them.
Furthermore, more than 1,000 pages of emails, reports, testimony, and other documents were collected during discovery for a National Labor Relations Board hearing into allegations of unlawful termination and retaliation against workers who were striking and organizing. The documents span from 2013 to January of 2015, when the hearing took place and testimony was given.
Below is a breakdown of the major players and takeaways from the report and lawsuit. Complete article
Fortune: Walmart Says Outside Labor Agitators Forced It to Take Action 11/25/2015
Walmart WMT 0.53% hired Lockheed Martin LMT -0.28% a few years ago to keep tabs on employees potentially involved in labor activity, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its new, lengthy cover story.
Lockheed, a major defense contractor, provided the retailer intelligence gathering for surveillance of employees to stay on top of any efforts to organize workers or disrupt business in 2012, just before planned Black Friday protests by a group called OUR Walmart, the report claims. OUR Walmart advocates for higher wages for Walmart employees, among other demands.
A bombshell report has been released, documenting how Walmart, with help from Lockheed Martin and the FBI, spied on its workers and those who were organizing protests against them.
Furthermore, more than 1,000 pages of emails, reports, testimony, and other documents were collected during discovery for a National Labor Relations Board hearing into allegations of unlawful termination and retaliation against workers who were striking and organizing. The documents span from 2013 to January of 2015, when the hearing took place and testimony was given.
Below is a breakdown of the major players and takeaways from the report and lawsuit. Complete article
Fortune: Walmart Says Outside Labor Agitators Forced It to Take Action 11/25/2015
Walmart WMT 0.53% hired Lockheed Martin LMT -0.28% a few years ago to keep tabs on employees potentially involved in labor activity, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its new, lengthy cover story.
Lockheed, a major defense contractor, provided the retailer intelligence gathering for surveillance of employees to stay on top of any efforts to organize workers or disrupt business in 2012, just before planned Black Friday protests by a group called OUR Walmart, the report claims. OUR Walmart advocates for higher wages for Walmart employees, among other demands.
Fake bills turn up at Walmart 11/24/2015
Cary NC police charge Walmart clerk was pocketing store’s cash 11/24/2015
Man allegedly accuses Fargo ND Walmart employee of Paris terror attacks 11/2/2015
The Paris terror attacks continue to cause tensions here at home.
Fargo Police were called to the 13th Avenue Walmart just before 10 Saturday night. The store says a man was allegedly making racial remarks at a female employee and blaming her for the recent attacks in France. Witnesses say they the man also had a pocket knife.
Before police arrived the man left the building. They say he is not allowed to return. Complete article
The Paris terror attacks continue to cause tensions here at home.
Fargo Police were called to the 13th Avenue Walmart just before 10 Saturday night. The store says a man was allegedly making racial remarks at a female employee and blaming her for the recent attacks in France. Witnesses say they the man also had a pocket knife.
Before police arrived the man left the building. They say he is not allowed to return. Complete article
Fulton Missouri woman arrested for allegedly stealing from Walmart 11/24/2015
Anti-Walmart union group plans Black Friday protests 11/24/2015
Wal-Mart suspected of bribery in Brazil after U.S. probe, sources say 11/24/2015
Serial Ky. Walmart robbery suspect arrested 11/24/2015
Mobile Alabama Police search for Wal-Mart robber 11/24/2015 Police were told at the scene that a male shoplifter was confronted by a Loss Prevention Officer. The suspect pulled out a knife and attempted to stab the officer.
Police Find Body Behind South Philly Pa. Walmart 11/24/2015
Two charged in Md. Wal-Mart strong armed robbery 11/24/2015
Secaucus NJ Walmart prepares for holiday shopping 11/24/2015
Chesapeake Walmart closed until Saturday due to weekend fire 11/2/2015
Nevada Walmart Stores Pull Toys for Tots Donation Boxes 11/2/2015
Police searching Arkansas Walmart shoplifters 11/25/2015
Police seek help identifying Montana Wal-Mart theft suspects 11/25/2015
Ephrata Pa. police seek tips in Wal-Mart theft 11/25/2015
Police search for man accused of taking pictures of boy inside Va. Walmart bathroom 11/25/2015
Espanola woman claims injury 2012 NM Walmart Black Friday sale 11/25/2015
Perry police investigating possible attempted kidnapping at Utah Walmart 11/25/2015
Perry, Utah — (KUTV) Perry police have found and questioned a man involved in a possible attempted kidnapping Wednesday in Box Elder County, but at this point he has not been arrested and no charges have been filed.
Police confirmed to 2News Thursday morning they are still actively investigating this case. No further information was immediately provided.
This follows an incident Wednesday afternoon where the man was shown on surveillance video trying to grab a cart with a 3-year-old child in it. This happened at Walmart at 1200 S. Commerce Way in Perry.
The video from the store shows a man walking down the paint aisle, looking around and seeming to be minding his own business. In front of him was a shopping cart with a 3-year-old girl sitting inside.
As the man approached, he put his finger up to his lips -- as if to say "be quiet" -- and grabbed the cart. The child's 14-year-old sister nearby started yelling, and the man quickly let go. Complete article
Perry, Utah — (KUTV) Perry police have found and questioned a man involved in a possible attempted kidnapping Wednesday in Box Elder County, but at this point he has not been arrested and no charges have been filed.
Police confirmed to 2News Thursday morning they are still actively investigating this case. No further information was immediately provided.
This follows an incident Wednesday afternoon where the man was shown on surveillance video trying to grab a cart with a 3-year-old child in it. This happened at Walmart at 1200 S. Commerce Way in Perry.
The video from the store shows a man walking down the paint aisle, looking around and seeming to be minding his own business. In front of him was a shopping cart with a 3-year-old girl sitting inside.
As the man approached, he put his finger up to his lips -- as if to say "be quiet" -- and grabbed the cart. The child's 14-year-old sister nearby started yelling, and the man quickly let go. Complete article
Rincon Ga. Police: Several shoplifting incidents and a Man has fit in Walmart 11/25/2015 Nov. 15: A 28-year-old Rincon man who said he wanted to return to jail walked into Walmart, knocked over displays, broke a mirror and cut his arm with a razor. An officer used a stun gun on the man, but it had no effect on him. The officer eventually was able to grab the man and get him in handcuffs.
Woman hit by car in Murfreesboro Tenn. Walmart parking lot 11/26/2015
Trade gun for Wal-Mart gift card at Clearwater Fla. buy-back Dec. 12 11/26/2015
Brown Deer Police Investigated a Possible Bomb Threat at Wisc. Walmart 11/26/2015
Black Friday 2015 fights: Videos show Kentucky mall brawl, Walmart 'riot,' more including incidents in Tx., Va., La. and possibly one that was faked all by 8:00 AM on Friday 11/27/2015
The 2015 holiday shopping frenzy has escalated to violence over big savings, as several videos show Black Friday fights breaking out across the U.S.
Two men were seen in a fist fight at the Mall St. Matthews in Louisville, Kentucky, brawling in the food court on Thanksgiving night Thursday. The unidentified pair were caught on camera by onlookers as they punched each other, knocking one woman to the floor until a police officer broke up the fight. Complete article
The 2015 holiday shopping frenzy has escalated to violence over big savings, as several videos show Black Friday fights breaking out across the U.S.
Two men were seen in a fist fight at the Mall St. Matthews in Louisville, Kentucky, brawling in the food court on Thanksgiving night Thursday. The unidentified pair were caught on camera by onlookers as they punched each other, knocking one woman to the floor until a police officer broke up the fight. Complete article
Shopping frenzy at Dunwoody Ga. Walmart 11/27/2015
Walmart customers furious after website delays on Thanksgiving 11/27/2015
Walmart's website had major delays on Thursday, upsetting customers who were hoping to score deep discounts.
Walmart for the first time this year offered its Black Friday deals online. The deals went live at 12:01 a.m. on Thanksgiving.
But many customers said they weren't able to shop for the items they wanted because of website delays.
Others said their orders were unexpectedly canceled by Walmart after they had already checked out.
Some said the prices shown online weren't the Black Friday deals that Walmart had promised in ads for the holiday. Complete article
Walmart's website had major delays on Thursday, upsetting customers who were hoping to score deep discounts.
Walmart for the first time this year offered its Black Friday deals online. The deals went live at 12:01 a.m. on Thanksgiving.
But many customers said they weren't able to shop for the items they wanted because of website delays.
Others said their orders were unexpectedly canceled by Walmart after they had already checked out.
Some said the prices shown online weren't the Black Friday deals that Walmart had promised in ads for the holiday. Complete article
Why these Walmart workers won’t be eating turkey for Thanksgiving 11/25/2015
Emily Dehart gave birth to her first child three months ago. But she and her husband, Andrew, won’t be celebrating Thanksgiving as a family of three for the first time this week. Andrew works at Walmart—and is scheduled to work on Thanksgiving day.
“I kinda got used to it,” Emily, who lives in of Cocoa Beach, Florida, told Fusion. “You just have to think of Thanksgiving on a different day. It’s sad. Because Target stays open, Walmart stays open. It’s all about the money.”
Emily should know. Up until Friday, she worked at Walmart too.
When she returned to work last week for the first time since giving birth, she found that her first day back at work after having her child was also her last. Emily developed a blood clot in her leg as a result of a delivery complication which broke off and went into her lungs. She then developed a pulmonary embolism, landing her in the hospital for a week. Complete article
Emily Dehart gave birth to her first child three months ago. But she and her husband, Andrew, won’t be celebrating Thanksgiving as a family of three for the first time this week. Andrew works at Walmart—and is scheduled to work on Thanksgiving day.
“I kinda got used to it,” Emily, who lives in of Cocoa Beach, Florida, told Fusion. “You just have to think of Thanksgiving on a different day. It’s sad. Because Target stays open, Walmart stays open. It’s all about the money.”
Emily should know. Up until Friday, she worked at Walmart too.
When she returned to work last week for the first time since giving birth, she found that her first day back at work after having her child was also her last. Emily developed a blood clot in her leg as a result of a delivery complication which broke off and went into her lungs. She then developed a pulmonary embolism, landing her in the hospital for a week. Complete article
Man charged with arson in connection with Tx. Wal-Mart fire released 11/27/2015
Over $1,500 in baby formula stolen from NH Walmart 11/25/2015
SD woman sues Wal-Mart over crash and injuries 11/25/2015
Lawmakers investigating Walmart-backed bills that would allow employers to opt out of workers comp 11/26/2015
A national association of state lawmakers has announced that it will investigate a burgeoning effort to let companies opt out of workers’ compensation insurance and write their own plans for how they’ll care for injured workers.
The National Conference of Insurance Legislators, whose members serve on insurance committees and often act as gatekeepers for related bills in their states, said the decision was prompted by a ProPublica and NPR story last month that found that employers’ opt-out plans typically provide lower benefits for injured workers, more restrictions and little independent oversight. Texas and Oklahoma currently allow companies to opt out and other states are considering similar plans.
“The issues brought forward by the recent NPR/ProPublica study regarding the Texas and Oklahoma workers’ compensation programs are of significant concern to state legislators responsible for the protection of injured workers,” said North Dakota state Sen. Jerry Klein, a Republican who chairs the association’s workers’ comp committee. Complete article
A national association of state lawmakers has announced that it will investigate a burgeoning effort to let companies opt out of workers’ compensation insurance and write their own plans for how they’ll care for injured workers.
The National Conference of Insurance Legislators, whose members serve on insurance committees and often act as gatekeepers for related bills in their states, said the decision was prompted by a ProPublica and NPR story last month that found that employers’ opt-out plans typically provide lower benefits for injured workers, more restrictions and little independent oversight. Texas and Oklahoma currently allow companies to opt out and other states are considering similar plans.
“The issues brought forward by the recent NPR/ProPublica study regarding the Texas and Oklahoma workers’ compensation programs are of significant concern to state legislators responsible for the protection of injured workers,” said North Dakota state Sen. Jerry Klein, a Republican who chairs the association’s workers’ comp committee. Complete article
'I don't think he planned to purchase a 'vintage' laptop: Family's outrage after Walmart ships a TEXTBOOK instead of HP Notebook meant as a birthday gift 11/26/2015
Police Blotter: Man arrested for theft, drugs at ND Wal-Mart during Thanksgiving shopping 11/27/2015
3 Sioux Falls ND Walmart evacuated; bomb threat unfounded 11/27/2015
Idaho Falls Walmart responds to threat 11/27/2015 Following established protocol, there was no evacuation of the building. Dogs were not brought in to search the store because the store was so crowded it would have made it difficult for them to pick up a scent.
Watch Black Friday La. Wal-Mart shoppers in frenzy over towel sale 11/27/2015
Group protests for higher wages at Chicago Ill. Walmart 11/27/2015
Troopers: $2,000 Worth of Merchandise Stolen from Wal-Mart in Union County Pa. 11/27/2015
EXCLUSIVE: Black Friday brings grief for family of Long Island NY Walmart worker trampled to death by wild shoppers in 2008 11/27/2015
Bernie Sanders Attacks WalMart on Black Friday 11/27/2015
Rawlins Wyoming Walmart evacuation possibly part of multi-store bomb threats in several states 11/27/2015
RAWLINS — Carbon County post-Thanksgiving holiday Walmart shoppers were able to resume their activities Friday evening, following a bomb threat evacuation of the company's Rawlins location earlier in the day.
Rawlins Police Department Sgt. Jared Frakes said that at approximately 3:13 p.m. Friday, his department received a direct call from an individual, stating a bomb was planted at Rawlins' Walmart at 2390 E. Cedar St. ....
WFSA’s story reported that a store manager in Rhode Island was so convinced the threat to his property was serious, the store wired the caller $10,000, before letting police inside to sweep for a bomb that was not found.
Montgomery County (Ala.) Sheriff D.T. Marshall told the television station that his office is looking into the possibility the Walmart case may be connected to other stores, perhaps including those at various Wyoming locations. Complete article Reports from RI and Alabama may be from old 2007 articles mistaken by this reporter as new.
FBI says Wal-Mart bomb threat may be broader scam 2007
New Developments in Wal-Mart Bomb Scare: Now 30 Stores Nationwide, 13 States 2007 or 2015?
RAWLINS — Carbon County post-Thanksgiving holiday Walmart shoppers were able to resume their activities Friday evening, following a bomb threat evacuation of the company's Rawlins location earlier in the day.
Rawlins Police Department Sgt. Jared Frakes said that at approximately 3:13 p.m. Friday, his department received a direct call from an individual, stating a bomb was planted at Rawlins' Walmart at 2390 E. Cedar St. ....
WFSA’s story reported that a store manager in Rhode Island was so convinced the threat to his property was serious, the store wired the caller $10,000, before letting police inside to sweep for a bomb that was not found.
Montgomery County (Ala.) Sheriff D.T. Marshall told the television station that his office is looking into the possibility the Walmart case may be connected to other stores, perhaps including those at various Wyoming locations. Complete article Reports from RI and Alabama may be from old 2007 articles mistaken by this reporter as new.
FBI says Wal-Mart bomb threat may be broader scam 2007
New Developments in Wal-Mart Bomb Scare: Now 30 Stores Nationwide, 13 States 2007 or 2015?
Man arrested after trying to steal from vehicles at Ventura Ca. Walmart 11/27/2015
Walmart employee suspected of stealing $1,640 in cash: Brooklyn Ohio Police Blotter 11/27/2015
Grand jury indicts woman accused of stealing underwear from Kennesaw Ga. Walmart 11/27/2015
Woman Run Over by Car in WV Walmart Parking Lot 11/27/2015
Napa man arrested after grabbing teen's bottom at Ca. Walmart 11/27/2015
Ponderay Idaho Walmart hit by bomb threat 11/28/2015
Suspect in custody after assault in Cape Girardeau Missouri Walmart parking lot 11/27/2015
Bomb scare causes evacuation at Farmington NM Walmart 11/23/2015
Scuffle leads to gunshots at Barboursville WV Walmart 11/28/2015
BARBOURSVILLE -- Shots were fired in the parking lot of a Barboursville Walmart Saturday evening, after shoppers who got into a fight inside the store took the scuffle outside.
Cabell County Sheriff Tom McComas said the incident happened outside the Walmart on Nichols Drive, not inside the store, adding that some had “wildly speculated” that an active shooter had been inside the store.
“None of that was accurate,” McComas said. Complete article
Huntington man arrested in WV Wal-Mart shooting 11/28/2015
BARBOURSVILLE -- Shots were fired in the parking lot of a Barboursville Walmart Saturday evening, after shoppers who got into a fight inside the store took the scuffle outside.
Cabell County Sheriff Tom McComas said the incident happened outside the Walmart on Nichols Drive, not inside the store, adding that some had “wildly speculated” that an active shooter had been inside the store.
“None of that was accurate,” McComas said. Complete article
Huntington man arrested in WV Wal-Mart shooting 11/28/2015
Wal-Marts across Maine evacuated after multiple bomb threats 11/28/2015
HOULTON, Maine — Wal-Marts around the state were evacuated for a time Saturday evening after multiple bomb threats were received, according to Houlton police Chief Joe McKenna.
Members of the Houlton police and fire departments joined Houlton Wal-Mart management staff in searching the local store and found no credible evidence of a bomb, McKenna said late Saturday night.
Calls started coming in to police departments around the state, including Houlton, Bangor, Calais and Biddeford, around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, McKenna said. The police chief said Wal-Mart management staff told him eight Maine stores were affected. Complete article
Louisiana Walmart receives multiple automated bomb threats 11/28/2015
Two WV Walmarts Evacuated After Bomb Threats 11/29/2015
Walmart stores in several states including NY evacuated by automated bomb threats 11/29/2015
HOULTON, Maine — Wal-Marts around the state were evacuated for a time Saturday evening after multiple bomb threats were received, according to Houlton police Chief Joe McKenna.
Members of the Houlton police and fire departments joined Houlton Wal-Mart management staff in searching the local store and found no credible evidence of a bomb, McKenna said late Saturday night.
Calls started coming in to police departments around the state, including Houlton, Bangor, Calais and Biddeford, around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, McKenna said. The police chief said Wal-Mart management staff told him eight Maine stores were affected. Complete article
Louisiana Walmart receives multiple automated bomb threats 11/28/2015
Two WV Walmarts Evacuated After Bomb Threats 11/29/2015
Walmart stores in several states including NY evacuated by automated bomb threats 11/29/2015
Man head butts NM Wal-Mart employee 11/28/2015
The boyfriend of a driver in a Wal-Mart parking lot, head butted a Wal-Mart employee Saturday, according to police.
Albuquerque police responded to an assualt call at the Wal-Mart off Academy Road NW.
According to the Wal-Mart employee, they were bringing shopping carts into the store when a woman parked in front of the store to wait for her boyfriend.
The employee said they told the woman that she needed to move the car.
Albuquerque police officer Daren J. DeAguero said the woman and the employee got into a verbal confrontation and when the woman’s boyfriend came out of the store, he yelled at the employee then head butted him. Complete article
The boyfriend of a driver in a Wal-Mart parking lot, head butted a Wal-Mart employee Saturday, according to police.
Albuquerque police responded to an assualt call at the Wal-Mart off Academy Road NW.
According to the Wal-Mart employee, they were bringing shopping carts into the store when a woman parked in front of the store to wait for her boyfriend.
The employee said they told the woman that she needed to move the car.
Albuquerque police officer Daren J. DeAguero said the woman and the employee got into a verbal confrontation and when the woman’s boyfriend came out of the store, he yelled at the employee then head butted him. Complete article
Man accused of cutting Tenn. Walmart employees 11/28/2015
Outrage over Ohio vet forced outside by Walmart 11/29/2015
Wal-Mart Is Its Own Worst Enemy 11/25/2015
As the busiest shopping season of the year approaches, Wal-Mart's overall revenue and profits are down yet again. This week's earnings report follows the worst stock decline Wal-Mart has experienced in more than 15 years – when management warned investors to expect a 6 to 12 percent decline in earnings per share over the next year. This has prompted some critics to attack the company's plan to invest $1.5 billion next year raising starting wages to at least $10 an hour. But paying workers enough to live on without food stamps is hardly a radical idea, and it's one that will likely boost Wal-Mart's sales even further. The actual problem is that it doesn't go far enough.
I'm a hardcore capitalist; I've founded or funded 35 companies across a range of industries, and I can say without a doubt that fair compensation is not only good for Wal-Mart's employees, it's actually good for business, good for investors and good for the American economy as a whole. The fundamental law of capitalism is that when workers have more money, businesses have more customers – and when businesses have more customers, they hire more workers. It is this positive feedback loop between customers and businesses that is the fundamental driver of economic growth.
The real threat to Wal-Mart's profits isn't higher wages; it's stagnant consumer demand. And as the nation's largest employer, Wal-Mart's own predatory employment practices have played a major role in hollowing out the middle-class customer base on which Wal-Mart relies. At the same time the Walton heirs and I are thriving beyond the dreams of any plutocrat in history, the rest of the country – the 99.99 percent – is lagging far behind. Wal-Mart workers and their families are living paycheck to paycheck, relying on government assistance to pay their rent, purchase their health insurance and put food on the table. Complete article
As the busiest shopping season of the year approaches, Wal-Mart's overall revenue and profits are down yet again. This week's earnings report follows the worst stock decline Wal-Mart has experienced in more than 15 years – when management warned investors to expect a 6 to 12 percent decline in earnings per share over the next year. This has prompted some critics to attack the company's plan to invest $1.5 billion next year raising starting wages to at least $10 an hour. But paying workers enough to live on without food stamps is hardly a radical idea, and it's one that will likely boost Wal-Mart's sales even further. The actual problem is that it doesn't go far enough.
I'm a hardcore capitalist; I've founded or funded 35 companies across a range of industries, and I can say without a doubt that fair compensation is not only good for Wal-Mart's employees, it's actually good for business, good for investors and good for the American economy as a whole. The fundamental law of capitalism is that when workers have more money, businesses have more customers – and when businesses have more customers, they hire more workers. It is this positive feedback loop between customers and businesses that is the fundamental driver of economic growth.
The real threat to Wal-Mart's profits isn't higher wages; it's stagnant consumer demand. And as the nation's largest employer, Wal-Mart's own predatory employment practices have played a major role in hollowing out the middle-class customer base on which Wal-Mart relies. At the same time the Walton heirs and I are thriving beyond the dreams of any plutocrat in history, the rest of the country – the 99.99 percent – is lagging far behind. Wal-Mart workers and their families are living paycheck to paycheck, relying on government assistance to pay their rent, purchase their health insurance and put food on the table. Complete article
Police looking for two men suspected of buying items with counterfeit bills at Va. Wal-Mart 11/30/2015
To Protest Walmart on Black Friday, Organizers Are Seeking Food for Underpaid Workers 11/25/2015
Cat rescued from inside Ca. Walmart wall 11/30/2015
Va. Wal-Mart Shoplifter Caught Hiding in Nearby Restaurant Men's Room 11/2/2015
Police: Felon steals ammo from Ca. Walmart 11/30/2015
Man purchases BB gun at York SC Walmart, decides to test fire it in the parking lot 11/29/2015
Two arrested while trying to steal from Nitro WV Walmart during Black Friday 11/2/2015 Employees first spotted a man, later identified as Johnny Burgess, 45, while he was cutting the security features out of the packing. Since Burgess had a knife on him, the employee called the Nitro Police Department.
During the next two hours, the employees watched while Burgess worked with Nathan Spielman, 36, to remove the security features from items they would then place inside a shopping cart.
Lancaster County man charged for exposing himself, peeping at woman under Pa. Walmart stall 11/30/2015
Sheriff’s office seeking help in identifying thieves at Fla. Wal-Mart 11/30/2015
Woman takes in 6 Cubans living outside Fla. Walmart 11/30/2015
Walmart scam arriving in local mailboxes 11/30/2015
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