Quincy police goal shoplifters and package deal thieves

A Quincy police activity drive focusing on shoplifters and package deal thieves resulted within the arrest or summons of 70 folks over the past three months, officers introduced. 

The Quincy Police Division fashioned the Shoplifting and Package deal Theft Job Drive within the fall of 2024. It consisted of a sergeant and two patrol officers tasked with combating a spike in shoplifting incidents and package deal thefts within the metropolis. Between October and January, the duty drive responded to or adopted up with 115 calls concerning suspected shoplifting exercise.

“As the vacation season approached, the QPD made it a precedence to handle these rising incidents of shoplifting and package deal theft,” Quincy police mentioned in a press release. “The officers assigned to this unit have been capable of forge robust relationships with retail companions by means of each day conferences with retailer managers and loss prevention staff.”

The duty drive collaborated with law enforcement officials in Boston, Braintree, Weymouth, Rockland, Holbrook, Avon, Stoughton, Hanover, Swansea, Fall River, and the Massachusetts State Police.

Officers highlighted a few of the activity drive’s work, together with the identification of a suspect in a package deal and cellphone theft ring that’s believed to be half of a bigger felony enterprise. 

Police additionally mentioned they obtained an arrest warrant for a meals supply driver who allegedly stole packages whereas on the job. Officers additionally arrested a person and girl from Fall River who allegedly rented a UHAUL and stole roughly 30 packages from a residential group. 

Police additionally mentioned they obtained two arrest warrants for a “recognized West Quincy felon” who allegedly broke into a house and stole packages. That particular person, who police didn’t establish, was arrested by the Braintree police on a number of fees after failing to cease for an officer, a motorcar violation, on Jan. 4.

“Our division acknowledges that robust relationships with our retail companions, surrounding legislation enforcement companies and the district courtroom helps curtail retail theft and sends the message that retail theft won’t be taken evenly within the Metropolis of Quincy,” Quincy Police Chief Mark P. Kennedy mentioned in a press release. “We proceed to work proactively to handle shoplifting and package deal thefts to be able to scale back victimization and concern of crime within the metropolis.”