Detroit, MI
Metro Detroit businesses addressing shoplifting
ROYAL, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — Retailers across the country are taking action against shoplifting, including one small business in Royal Oak.
Julia Manzella is a buyer with Rail and Anchor, an eclectic shop in Royal Oak. She says a few years ago, the small business started noticing declining profits and missing merchandise, and they took action.
“To stop the theft we had to put money back into the store,” Manzella said. “So we spent thousands of dollars on a security system.”
The store started posting photos and videos of shoplifters on social media, in order to catch the crooks.
“Now we’re actually finding the people and they’re not coming back,” Manzella said. “We’re actually taking a stance on it.”
Bloomberg reports that retail giant Target is also taking a stand. The publication cited insiders within the company who told them that Target had instructed employees to lower the threshold for confronting shoplifters from $100 to $50.
“Maybe that will help the problem if big companies like Target start taking a stand,” Manzella said. “But it will also take a lot of local agencies to start prosecuting repeat offenders.”
“I’ve had a lot of friends have to close their business because of this problem,” Manzella told CBS News Detroit. “But we’re not some small pot shop and they can’t just abuse us. We have to keep the doors open and we have to make a business.”
Target has not responded to CBS News Detroit’s requests for comment at the time this article was published.
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DETROIT (FOX 2) – A 16-year-old moped driver was hospitalized after a crash on Detroit’s west side on Wednesday night.
The backstory:
Detroit police say the teen disregarded a stop sign while going east on Vassar when he collided with a vehicle turning south on Outer Drive at about 9:30 p.m.
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The boy was taken to a nearby hospital where he is listed in critical condition. The driver of the car, a woman in her 30s, was not injured.
The Source: Information for this report is from Detroit police.
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Chickens and geese that went missing from a local nonprofit’s Detroit site were found in the backyard of a nearby home, the director of operations said Wednesday.
The Full Circle Foundation, a Grosse Point Park-based nonprofit, said more than a dozen chickens and geese were believed stolen from a chicken coop on Detroit’s east side that also features the Full Circle Edible Garden.
The nonprofit provides training and job opportunities for young people with special needs.
Neighbors who learned from news reports about the missing flock found the “chickens were being held in the backyard of a vacant home not far from the Full Circle Edible Garden,” said Stephanie DiVirgil, director of operations. She said Ribbon Farm 4-H owns the flock.
“The homeowner was contacted, and she reached out to Full Circle to confirm,” said DiVirgil. “We were able to retrieve all of the chickens and geese that were found on the property, 19 in total.”
The foundation and Ribbon Farms 4-H are working to secure the site, including cameras, fencing and lights.
“We will likely start a fundraising campaign to have these items installed,” DiVirgil said. “We’ve gotten amazing support from the community, including offers to help pay for these additional security measures.”
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Human remains were found in a furnace of an home on Detroit’s west side, the Detroit Police Department tells us.
The remains was found by an individual working on the home in the 5200 block of S Clarendon just after 11 a.m.
Anyone with information can call 313-596-2260 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-SpeakUp.
Stay with WXYZ.com for updates on this developing story.
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