The Christmas shopping season has arrived, and along with it – shoplifting season! David Overfelt, President of the Missouri Retailers Association, tells Missourinet that retail thefts also increase nationwide this time of year. “It’s a big shoplifting season. I...
Shoplifting has been on the rise in Missouri and across the nation in the last few years, and law enforcement is keeping an eye on this trend. Missouri lost more than $1.6 billion in revenue to theft in 2022. St. Joseph Police Chief Paul Luster said locked cases,...
