Police lay in wait at backdoor, arrest 3 Costco thieves.
Police lay in wait at backdoor, arrest 3 Costco thieves.
(Visited 15 times, 1 visits today)
About The Author
Police lay in wait at backdoor, arrest 3 Costco thieves.
Rather satisfying to watch. Thieves recognized the gig was up, so no one got hurt and the cop’s had an easy collar.
Ninja edit: holy shit that was filled with misspellings and grammar errors. Sorry…..
I don’t get what’s going on, are thieves just grabbing stuff and running out the fire exit to a getaway car?
If so, does this happen so much that cops just know to stake the place out when they see a car park back there or how did the cops know??
I wonder how they were able to identify and get to the getaway driver’s car first.
The 30 second delay before emergency doors open must have been awkward for the thieves lol.
Wait, was that a customer we could see in the second video? They did it during store hours??
Source: http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2018/03/16/officers-arrest-costco-thieves-in-bulk/
Answers most questions.
For those wanting more info
>Loss Prevention officers inside the store recognized one of the suspects inside and said he had previously stolen items in the past and run out the fire exit.
>Officers responded to the store and located a black Toyota occupied by a female driver, backed up to a set of emergency doors. The officers pulled their patrol vehicle in front of the Toyota to prevent it from leaving and contacted the 18-year-old woman.
What’s weird is this part though:
>The male suspect was later booked into the King County Jail for investigation of robbery, while the two women were booked for investigation of theft.
What’s the difference between robbery and theft?
Edit: nevermind found the answer, the guy was holding a 7” blade. Robbery is theft using force, intimidation
http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2018/03/16/officers-arrest-costco-thieves-in-bulk/
Gonna need a lot of Spill Magic to get that off your record.
Nice work u/Seattle_PD
Edit: this isn’t twitter. Tag was useless before.
I hope they also charge them with setting off a false fire alarm.
SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKERS
not smart hitting the same place twice especially with expensive items, stupid people lol
I bet the cops couldn’t just go through the front of Costco to catch them because they didn’t have memberships
I know vacuums aren’t cheap, but are they really that easy to sell on the street? Seems like the bulkiest high value item you could pick when the plan is run really fast.
Love the “HEY BUDDY” from the officer.
The beeping sound @ 2:07 made me think something was wrong with my PS4.
Don’t you need a membership to shop at costco? Not very smart to steal from a place that you have to give them your information and take a picture of you for your membership. We have been able to track theft at my store (not costco) with help of people having rewards cards with their name and adresses connected to them.
r/shoplifting
r/lossprevention
I swear I’ve had people like that who want me to represent them and also to sue the store and cops for violating their rights. Then I quote them my fee and I never hear from them again.
Body cams are good PR for good police work.
Silly casuals playing without mics.
How can someone do something like this and not feel guilty.
I take more than one sample from those fuckers and I feel like I killed someone..
A lot of stores call bulk shop lifters “boosters.” They are considered professional shoplifters. They come in packs and enter the store minutes apart. A few of them will try to distract employees while the other person/people put a ton of crap in bags and book it out of there. And honestly, all kinds of people steal shit. Everyone is terrible. I worked in retail management for a long time and I recognized who was a shoplifter based on their body language. Most people are pretty obvious. Overly nice, ask you to look for things in the back so you’ll leave the room, looking around a lot, carrying a big ass purse. Or they’ll have no bags on them and pull a garbage bag out of their pockets. A lot of people will steal while their kids are with them so you’ll suspect them less.
The lesson here is if you are going to attempt this sort of robbery, keep an open line to your getaway driver at all times.
I wish the cops cared this much in San Francisco. I was an AP officer in the downtown target and getting the cops to show up to even pick up a gift wrapped suspect was like pulling teeth. 99% of the time they’d ticket them and let them walk out. Only when we caught them stealing $1000+ worth of items did they even show interest.
[1:33](https://youtu.be/LWF4VtZVz24?t=1m33s) **EBAY!**
*DonutMunchr84 was kicked for spawn camping*
With all the negative press about police officers, I hope this reminds everyone of the good cops out there who don’t use excessive force, and who risk their lives knowing the thieves could be armed.
Let’s say the guy holding the stolen goods never actually lets foot outside the store, can he be charged with theft if he never actually left without paying?
There are some legal loopholes regarding theft that have baffled me. I have an ex who worked at a sporting goods store who said that even if they witnessed an individual steal an item, once they walked outside the establishment they couldn’t detain them. And even if they have video evidence, the most they can do is deny that person access to the store again. Can anyone explain this to me?