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A home decor store that's called downtown Seattle home for more than a decade will soon close its doors.
Read More →The restaurateur cited pervasive property crime issues and public safety concerns for the closure, as well as a decline in delivery orders.
Read More →The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s survey – titled “The Index” – revealed the latest findings of what Seattle residents think of their city.
Read More →Nationwide, Nordstrom is spending 65% more on security and other anti-theft measures than it did prior to the pandemic, says Erik Nordstrom.
Read More →Billions of dollars-worth of merchandise is stolen off store shelves every year statewide, leaving Washington reeling from the impacts of organized retail theft.
Read More →Local leaders, businesses, and state, local and federal law enforcement gather for the first King County summit on organized retail crime, October 2.
Download Press Release →There's a push by a state task force and a Seattle group to help retailers targeted by thieves and organized crime.
Read More →a unique approach to tackling organized retail crime, habitual theft, and its impact on communities. Deborah White, Retail Litigation Center President and General Counsel for the Retail Industry Leaders Association - Statement.
Read More →SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Organized Retail Crime Unit filed two new felony criminal cases today. This marks five prosecutions since Ferguson established the new unit last year.
Read More →On Thursday, city council members heard an update of a plan in the Chinatown International District that aims to put a stop to the crime and the resale of stolen items that has plagued the street corners here.
Read More →The first prosecution by Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s new Organized Retail Crime Unit ended in a conviction today, when a Bremerton man pleaded guilty to stealing and then selling tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise.
Read More →The U.S. Attorney's Office Western District of Washington has filed a complaint detailing 74,000 suspected stolen goods seized from a now closed Burien storefront, an adjacent warehouse and a home in Federal Way.
Read More →With organized retail theft on the rise, law enforcement is working to crack down on calculated criminals.
Read More →Mark Johnson with the Washington Retail Association said retail theft eventually impacts everyone.
Read More →A group of people, some of them related, were busted in a multi-state retail theft ring. They stole over $400,000 of high-end merchandise.
Read More →A California man has been sentenced in Seattle to five years in prison for organizing a retail theft scheme that resulted in more than $664,000 in damages and hurt businesses in 23 states.
Read More →“Retail theft is rampant throughout all western Washington,” said Chief Kelly Busey. “We’re taking theft reports every single day from our major stores.”
Read More →Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Organized Retail Crime Unit filed its second-ever felony criminal case, charging a Maple Valley woman over a string of organized retail thefts in western Washington.
Read More →Lawmakers in Olympia are working to help businesses targeted over and over again by crime. Tougher sentences could be coming for the worst of repeat property crime offenders.
Read More → A second suspect faced a King County Judge connected to a series of organized retail thefts in Bellevue.
Read More →A Bremerton man was charged Thursday with first-degree organized retail theft, marking the first prosecution by a new Attorney General’s Office unit created to crack down on organized retail crime.
Read More →On Thursday, city council members heard an update of a plan in the Chinatown International District that aims to put a stop to the crime and the resale of stolen items that has plagued the street corners here.
Read More →Organized Retail Crime (ORC) has become a pressing issue for retailers in America, particularly here in Washington state.
Read More →Target announced the closure of nine stores across major U.S. cites, including two in Seattle.
Read More →According to the National Retail Federation in 2021, Seattle ranked 8th in the nation for highest organized retail crime.
Read More →OLYMPIA — Organized Retail Crime Unit to coordinate, investigate and prosecute multi-jurisdictional retail crime statewide.
Read More →
Featured
A home decor store that's called downtown Seattle home for more than a decade will soon close its doors.
Read More →The restaurateur cited pervasive property crime issues and public safety concerns for the closure, as well as a decline in delivery orders.
Read More →The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s survey – titled “The Index” – revealed the latest findings of what Seattle residents think of their city.
Read More →Nationwide, Nordstrom is spending 65% more on security and other anti-theft measures than it did prior to the pandemic, says Erik Nordstrom.
Read More →Billions of dollars-worth of merchandise is stolen off store shelves every year statewide, leaving Washington reeling from the impacts of organized retail theft.
Read More →Local leaders, businesses, and state, local and federal law enforcement gather for the first King County summit on organized retail crime, October 2.
Download Press Release →There's a push by a state task force and a Seattle group to help retailers targeted by thieves and organized crime.
Read More →a unique approach to tackling organized retail crime, habitual theft, and its impact on communities. Deborah White, Retail Litigation Center President and General Counsel for the Retail Industry Leaders Association - Statement.
Read More →SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Organized Retail Crime Unit filed two new felony criminal cases today. This marks five prosecutions since Ferguson established the new unit last year.
Read More →On Thursday, city council members heard an update of a plan in the Chinatown International District that aims to put a stop to the crime and the resale of stolen items that has plagued the street corners here.
Read More →The first prosecution by Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s new Organized Retail Crime Unit ended in a conviction today, when a Bremerton man pleaded guilty to stealing and then selling tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise.
Read More →The U.S. Attorney's Office Western District of Washington has filed a complaint detailing 74,000 suspected stolen goods seized from a now closed Burien storefront, an adjacent warehouse and a home in Federal Way.
Read More →With organized retail theft on the rise, law enforcement is working to crack down on calculated criminals.
Read More →Mark Johnson with the Washington Retail Association said retail theft eventually impacts everyone.
Read More →A group of people, some of them related, were busted in a multi-state retail theft ring. They stole over $400,000 of high-end merchandise.
Read More →A California man has been sentenced in Seattle to five years in prison for organizing a retail theft scheme that resulted in more than $664,000 in damages and hurt businesses in 23 states.
Read More →“Retail theft is rampant throughout all western Washington,” said Chief Kelly Busey. “We’re taking theft reports every single day from our major stores.”
Read More →Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Organized Retail Crime Unit filed its second-ever felony criminal case, charging a Maple Valley woman over a string of organized retail thefts in western Washington.
Read More →Lawmakers in Olympia are working to help businesses targeted over and over again by crime. Tougher sentences could be coming for the worst of repeat property crime offenders.
Read More → A second suspect faced a King County Judge connected to a series of organized retail thefts in Bellevue.
Read More →A Bremerton man was charged Thursday with first-degree organized retail theft, marking the first prosecution by a new Attorney General’s Office unit created to crack down on organized retail crime.
Read More →On Thursday, city council members heard an update of a plan in the Chinatown International District that aims to put a stop to the crime and the resale of stolen items that has plagued the street corners here.
Read More →Organized Retail Crime (ORC) has become a pressing issue for retailers in America, particularly here in Washington state.
Read More →Target announced the closure of nine stores across major U.S. cites, including two in Seattle.
Read More →According to the National Retail Federation in 2021, Seattle ranked 8th in the nation for highest organized retail crime.
Read More →OLYMPIA — Organized Retail Crime Unit to coordinate, investigate and prosecute multi-jurisdictional retail crime statewide.
Read More →