The $3 Drink That Cost a Teenager Everything: Inside Mobile Best Buy’s Culture of Exploitation
In the fall of 2009, a 16-year-old kid walked into a Best Buy in Mobile, Alabama, excited to start his first real job. He was hired as a Geek Squad…
Boxes Off the Shelf and Straight Out the Door: Moss Point Man Charged in Ulta Beauty Theft on Airport Boulevard
Mobile police say a man grabbed multiple boxes of merchandise from the Ulta Beauty on Airport Boulevard and left without paying. A 35-year-old Moss Point, Mississippi man has been arrested…
Already Banned From the Store, a Mobile Woman Walked Back Into Walmart and Switched a Barcode at Self-Checkout, Police Say
Mobile police say a 23-year-old woman who had already been trespassed from a Walmart returned to the same store and switched a barcode on merchandise at self-checkout. She now faces…
Shoplifting Suspect Escapes Mobile Wal-Mart by Kicking Through Ceiling
A theft suspect at a Mobile Wal-Mart broke free from a loss prevention officer, climbed into the ceiling, and kicked his way out near the entrance.
Shoplifting Attempt Outside Theodore-Area Grocery Store Escalates Into Gunfire
A steak shoplifting attempt outside a Rouses supermarket on Theodore Dawes Road escalated into a gunpoint standoff and gunfire, Mobile police said.