Retail theft busted in New York; the crime group opened a store in Manhattan to fence a million dollars of stolen goods.

District Attorney Alvin Bragg said that retail theft is a “scourge” that severely impacts local small businesses and jeopardizes the safety of employees and customers, therefore [subject unclear] used “every possible tool” to address this current common situation of selling stolen goods. Law enforcement records showed that DA investigators have collected evidence through means of field surveillance, covert purchasing and conducting scans on stolen goods, and the search warrant was issued and executed on January 17 this year.

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"Today, Trevon Murphy is facing accountability for brutally murdering one unhoused individual and critically injuring two others," Manhattan District Attorney Bragg said in a statement. "New Yorkers who face the painful and difficult experience of being unhoused shouldn’t have to simultaneously fear for their safety."

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DA indicts cosmetics store in retail theft ‘fencing’ operation after $1M in stolen goods discovered

“Fencing operations often use individual shoplifters to steal goods from your local Duane Reade, your bodega, your convenience store,” Bragg said.