Theft at Quarterfield Lowe's

Ganegrei · Oct 30, 2013

Saw a lady in a power chair get nabbed on the way out of the Rt. 40 asian market last weekend. She tried to "run" away in her chair but the police chased her down no problem. It was almost comical.

-Z/28- · Oct 30, 2013

Really surprised to hear an employee chased them. I went to college with a guy who worked loss prevention at Home Depot for a while. He told me they had a policy of not stopping thieves from leaving. Strictly observe and report.

jaybee · Oct 30, 2013

looks like Yobama's son

Yobama may have some information on where the entitled young person may be, as he is helping the community acquire power tools to improve their homes.

J.T · Oct 30, 2013

Unrelated to Lowes but...

Went grocery shopping last week. Local giant store. Mid afternoon. As I'm pulling in a younger white guy runs between cars in front of me and almost gets hit. I notice the incident but think nothing of it. I park and enter store maybe 3-4 minutes later. As I walk in I notice the same guy with 2 baskets full of steaks and meat. I realize that something is odd. That was very fast to fill 2 baskets with meat and why nothing else? I walk past him near the entrance/exit and continue to watch from nearby. He casually walks out the door as I mention to an employee that he is shoplifting. Her reply as she watches him walk out "O well". Was probably $200-300 worth of steaks I'd guess. I just shook my head and walked away

Jim12 · Oct 30, 2013

Worked holiday retail sales one season in the mid '80's in the men's department at Bloomingdale's, White Flint. One day, before anybody took cognizance of what had just happened, a guy walked through the door from the outdoor parking lot, silently scooped up the entire rack of Burberry raincoats, and exited into a waiting getaway car.

BlackBart · Oct 30, 2013

lee2 said:
Brooklyn overflowed.

Well they have a Gunning's there now don't they? That's a plus.

kjf45 · Oct 30, 2013

These run / walk outs are starting to get more frequent. The issue is the only people in the store that can apprehend or question are LP. Usually its only two LP per store so they cant always be at the store when these things happen. If they leave the store with any merchandise its pretty much gone. We can get footage from security cameras but that doesn't do much when you cant call police. I dont know if its a store or district policy but i know for the store i work part time in they have to call district LP and get approval before they can call the police.

We had some regulars, did a run out with tools previously, a few weeks ago and they were stuffing copper fittings and some other stuff in boxes they had opened. LP wasnt in so we couldnt do anything but cover all exits and follow them around the store and annoy them with our customer service till they left or did what they were trying to do. They ended up trying to use a credit card that didnt match any ID's then tried to make a scene till they left.

fabsroman · Oct 30, 2013

safecracker said:
So you put yourself at risk of being killed over someone else's power tools??? Those tools belonged to a Fortune 500 corporation that was going to write it off as a loss anyway. It's not like they belonged to some little old lady who had just purchased them. Playing hero can get you killed. You are damn lucky you weren't injured or killed.

Intervening in a physical assault is one thing but for God's sake.....

When good men decide to do nothing, evil will prevail. Sad thing is the guys did not get apprehended, so they might be out robbing somebody's house at this very moment.

zombiehunter · Oct 31, 2013

Sounds like you did right. Good job.

MikeTF · Oct 31, 2013

It's obvious these guys were turning their lives around. They were borrowing the tools so that they could start a new contracting business. The police see this all the time. Claim the insurance. These guys will be giving back to society in no time.

Sent from my smartphone using Tappatalk 2.

montoya32 · Oct 31, 2013

I'm sorry. I understand everyone who says, "Don't get involved. It's only tools.", but not getting involved is what has led this state and spinning down the sh*tter. Especially if I saw a lady chasing two grown ass men, I would have done something similar as the OP.

RJP3579 · Oct 31, 2013

Use of any type of force against the owner or agent of the property bumps that crime up to robbery. If the woman was an employee and the suspect(s) pulled out pepper spray, that is a use of force and a robbery, not just a shoplifting anymore.

itsslow98 · Oct 31, 2013

Would have been cool to see someone sucker punch that guy and knock him out cold while he was bent over picking up the tools.

Rich1911 · Oct 31, 2013

now you know why Dewalt tools are overpriced...

marko12 · Oct 31, 2013

You did something commendable we all wish we would/could do, applause.

Would you do the same thing again, think about it first.............

If you had CC and it came to using it, would it mean that the Media would turn you into the next "Zimmerman" ?

Please, don't think I'm trying to downplay what you did, I'm certainly not. I just want you to realize the complications that coul1d arise if you had shot and stopped the perpetrator , yes the BLACK ONE !

Doing the right thing doesn't ever mean you won't get punished.

Me, well this is exactly how I would deal with it. :cool:

http://youtu.be/Vhuim7rBOAs

adit · Oct 31, 2013

RJP3579 said:
Use of any type of force against the owner or agent of the property bumps that crime up to robbery. If the woman was an employee and the suspect(s) pulled out pepper spray, that is a use of force and a robbery, not just a shoplifting anymore.

I think doing it in the presence of the victim (cashier) makes it robbery, without the need for force.

HeatSeeker · Oct 31, 2013

If you shoot someone for stealing and using pepper spray, you are going to jail.

If they are stealing, using pepper spray, and swinging a baseball bat at your head then you might be justified.

Minuteman · Oct 31, 2013

Brazen.

A few good lessons here for everyone.

Blaster229 · Oct 31, 2013

safecracker said:
So you put yourself at risk of being killed over someone else's power tools??? Those tools belonged to a Fortune 500 corporation that was going to write it off as a loss anyway. It's not like they belonged to some little old lady who had just purchased them. Playing hero can get you killed. You are damn lucky you weren't injured or killed.

Intervening in a physical assault is one thing but for God's sake.....

This 1000%

EL1227 · Oct 31, 2013

highwayheat said:
Before the Lowes in North East was open some guys pulled into the fence area in the rear and loaded up a riding mower into a pick up truck. When they tried to leave the truck hit the gate and cut the brake line. As the truck exited the shopping center it ran the stop sign due to no brakes. The truck then collided with a car and the idiot in the bed of the truck was ejected and died from the sudden stop on the asphalt. Self correcting error - death penalty for theft.

Maryland recipient of a Darwin Award ... :rolleyes:

Theft at Quarterfield Lowe's

The #1 community for Gun Owners of the Northeast

Member Benefits:

Comblock Convert

I wanna go fast

Ultimate Member

Ultimate Member

Let Freedom Ring

Banned

Active Member

Ultimate Member

Ultimate Member

Ultimate Member

Ultimate Member

Active Member

Ultimate Member

Ultimate Member

Senior Member

ReMember

Ultimate Member

Member

God loves you, I don't.

R.I.P.

Users who are viewing this thread

Log in

Forum statistics