CCSO: Operation RECEIPT Targeted Retail Thefts (Port Charlotte) Last week members from a variety of specialty units within the Sheriff’s Office participated in Operation RECEIPT to target retail thefts at Wal-Mart and Target. Over a four-day period, they made 14 arrests. Operation RECEIPT stands for “Rapidly Engaging Criminal Entities Involving Property Thefts.” Between Tuesday September 24 and Friday September 27, members of the Intelligence Unit, Street Crimes Unit, Warrants Unit, Community Policing Officers, and Criminal Investigations Section worked with loss prevention personnel from both Wal-Mart and Target. The stores’ loss prevention crews inside the stores kept in contact with the Sheriff’s Office personnel who were stationed both in the stores and in the parking lots. The operation was conceived as a proactive approach to combating retail theft in Charlotte County while forming a closer working relationship with area businesses. During this operation, Sheriff’s Office members issued a Wal-Mart corporate trespass notice to those charged with retail thefts from that retailer. That means that the person is warned against returning to any Wal-Mart in Charlotte County instead of just applying to a single store. According to Sgt. Christopher Maler, who heads the Intelligence Unit, Wal-Mart was very receptive to the new trespass notices. And both Target and Wal-Mart have expressed an interest in putting together another such operation. Several other local businesses that heard about Operation RECEIPT have approached the Sheriff’s Office asking about similar operations. During Operation RECEIPT the following people were arrested: September 24 Wal-Mart Richard Joseph Drake, 27, of Port Charlotte Possible theft lead to criminal citation for Driving While License Suspended September 25 Wal-Mart Gloria Gallo Perretti, 64, of Port Charlotte Retail Theft Wal-Mart Juvenile issued Notice to Appear Retail Theft Target Angela Lynn Galeone, 25, of Punta Gorda and Jamie Omar Sepulveda, 34 Requesting Refund Using False Receipt Wal-Mart Bryan Keith Coley, 45, of Port Charlotte Trespass After Warning Wal-Mart Juvenile issued Notice to Appear Retail Theft September 26 Wal-Mart Maria Ann Danesi, 40, of Port Charlotte Retail Theft Wal-Mart Ashley Sierra Bronsfield, 26, of Port Charlotte Retail Theft and Violation of Probation September 27 Target Earlene Joan Aiken, 78, of Lake Suzy Retail Theft Wal-Mart Juvenile issued Notice to Appear Retail Theft Wal-Mart Joseph B. Trotta, 18, issued 2 Notice to Appears Retail Theft (2 counts) Wal-Mart Hope Ann Bannister-Delegal, 29, of Port Charlotte Retail Theft
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 16:59:31 +0000
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