in Manhattan — a less than subtle dig at Manhattan’s liberal District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
“I’m sorry the man died. But I cannot exist in a world where we pretend that endemic theft without consequence can continue in perpetuity,” fumed Minority Leader Joe Borelli on Friday. Council members have called for more scrutiny on shoplifting following a killing of a shoplifter at a CVS.City Councilwoman Kamillah Hanks, chair of the Public Safety Committee agreed that failure to prosecute retail theft is ruining the local economy, public safety and quality of life for all New Yorkers.
In Queens, Democrat Councilman Robert Holden, said that District Attorney Melinda Katz had teamed up with the NYPD and local shops in three precincts to bar frequent shoplifters from stores they’ve allegedly hit under the state’s trespassing law.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Man fatally stabbed by Midtown CVS employee during fightThe two were fighting outside the drugstore at Broadway and West 49th Street just before 12:30 a.m. when the 46-year-old worker pulled a knife and stabbed the other man in the torso, cops said.
Source: nypost - 🏆 91. / 67 Read more »
CVS employee arrested in fatal stabbing of homeless shoplifter in MidtownThe employee, 46-year-old Scotty Enoe, confronted the homeless man as he apparently attempted to steal from the store at around 12:25 a.m. Thursday.
Source: ABC7NY - 🏆 592. / 51 Read more »
CVS worker charged with murder after stabbing shoplifter: NY policeThe suspected thief punched the employee, according to a police source, and the employee pulled a knife and stabbed the 50-year-old man.
Source: PennLive - 🏆 463. / 53 Read more »
CVS worker charged with fatally stabbing serial shoplifter was acting in self-defense: momScotty Enoe, 46, is accused of fatally knifing the 50-year-old homeless man after the alleged thief socked him in the face inside the Midtown CVS store early Thursday, cops and sources said.
Source: nypost - 🏆 91. / 67 Read more »
'Corners are cut to dispense prescriptions,' CVS employee tells Ohio Board of PharmacySome CVS pharmacies in Ohio are so understaffed that they have seen rampant turnover, dirty conditions, lack of controls over dangerous drugs, according to reports by the Ohio Board of Pharmacy.
Source: WEWS - 🏆 323. / 59 Read more »