Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. <\/i><\/p>\n
\u2014Rev. 9:21<\/i><\/p>\n
5985<\/b> Shoplifting Statistics<\/b><\/p>\n
The U.S. Commerce Department has given some figures which are astounding. About four million people are caught shoplifting each year, but for every person caught, 35 go undetected, it is estimated. If the estimates are accurate it means that 140 million shoplifting incidents occur in a nation of 215 million people. <\/p>\n
The result is that shoplifting tends to raise prices. Prices are forced up because of anti-shoplifting devices that merchants must buy, and it means increased overhead. <\/p>\n
According to a study in Washington, few shoplifters steal out of need; 70 percent of shoplifters are in the middle-income bracket and 20 percent had high incomes. Only 10 percent were in the lower income range. <\/p>\n
\u2014Christian Victory<\/i><\/p>\n
5986<\/b> Internal Thiefs<\/b><\/p>\n
Thirty percent of all business failures each year are a direct result of internal theft, according to insurance statistics. <\/p>\n
Fraud is a major factor in losses that led to the closing of 100 banks during a 20-year period. <\/p>\n
Criminals from inside and outside of business stores are draining off $40 billion annually in lost cash and goods. This is 17% of total business income before taxes. Many stores lost 50% of their profits to unaccountable \u201cinventory shrinkage,\u201d generally believed to be theft. <\/p>\n
Security officials estimate that 9% of all employees steal on a regular basis and 75% of all employees in retail establishments steal to some degree, taking three times as much as shoplifters. <\/p>\n
5987<\/b> On Bank Robberies<\/b><\/p>\n
From their unfortunate experiences with robberies, the large Bank of America compiled interesting statistics about crimes and criminals. They found an average bank robbery netted $1,900 and 85 percent of thieves were caught and convicted. Robbers received an average fifteen-year sentence in federal prison for their crimes, which meant they made only about $125 per year for the dangerous endeavor. <\/p>\n
This figure is even further reduced with recovery of stolen money. It is easy to conclude that bank robbery is not a very profitable occupation, although there does not seem to be a shortage of personnel. <\/p>\n
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5988<\/b> Hotel Losses<\/b><\/p>\n
Thefts from hotels and motels reached 500 million dollars a year. Hotel managers count on 1 of every 3 guests stealing something. In a recent year, 4,600 Bibles were lifted from New York City hotel rooms. Professional thiefs frequently strip motel rooms of TV sets. <\/p>\n
A magazine reports that during the first ten months\u2019 operation of a New York hotel, these items were stolen: 38,000 spoons, 18,000 towels, 355 silver coffee pots, 1,500 silver finger bowls, and 100 Bibles. <\/p>\n
5989<\/b> Book Thieves<\/b><\/p>\n
Book thieves take from 200 to 500 books a year from the average library\u2014a national loss of $25 million a year. <\/p>\n
THIEVERY IN ACTION<\/p>\n
5990<\/b> Stealing To Buy Science Books<\/b><\/p>\n
In Clen Cove, New York, a nineteen-year-old genius, nationally acclaimed nine months ago for conceiving a working model of an atom smasher, was arrested and charged with stealing small sums of money from the desk of his high school principal. The youth claimed he needed the money to buy scientific books and magazines, but his father revealed that the boy had \u201cabout $400 in the bank\u201d earned by caddying the previous summer season. <\/p>\n
5991<\/b> Bad Name To Good Name<\/b><\/p>\n
Mrs. Dorchas Eagle, 44, had been arrested so many times for stealing that she had a bad name. In order to get a good name again, Mrs. Eagle stole a woman\u2019s handbag, flew off with the identity papers she found inside, and adopted the new name, Michele Gull. <\/p>\n
\u201cI like birds,\u201d confessed Mrs. Eagle when she was arrested as Miss Gull for another robbery. Then Michele Gull sued in court for damages that Mrs. Eagle had given her a bad name, and won $700. <\/p>\n
5992<\/b> Nagging At Bank Robbery<\/b><\/p>\n
All the guy was trying to do was rob a bank. And all the little, old lady was trying to do was a good deed. <\/p>\n
She saw this young man park his car in the lot of the Crocker- Citizens National Bank branch in Whittier, Calif., and noticed that he had left his keys in the ignition switch. So she grabbed the keys and trailed him into the bank, where she found him talking to a teller. \u201cYoung man,\u201d she scolded, \u201csomebody\u2019s going to get his car stolen if he doesn\u2019t stop leaving the keys.\u201d<\/p>\n
The young man, who had just told the teller he had a gun and wanted a lot of money, stared at her\u2014and gave up. Snatching the keys, he dashed out of the bank, got in his car and drove away. <\/p>\n
\u2014UPI<\/p>\n
5993<\/b> Hitchhiking In (Own) Car<\/b><\/p>\n
Harry Olson of Chicago had his automobile stolen, and turned hitch-hiker to get a ride home. He was picked up by his own car, in which was the man who had stolen it. <\/p>\n
5994<\/b> \u201cDear Thief\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cDear Thief,\u201d the letter in the San Diego Evening Tribune<\/i> began. The writer, Ramona Smith, explained that she spotted a man stealing something heavy from her garage, but \u201cwe had so much stuff in the garage that we could not tell what it was that you took.\u201d Mrs. Smith does not necessarily want the stolen things returned, but she wants to report the loss, and the police cannot make out a report until she knows what was stolen. <\/p>\n
\u201cUntil we finally miss what it was you took, we can\u2019t report it missing,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIf we can\u2019t report it stolen, we can\u2019t claim our loss, and deduct it from our income taxes. Well, would you, just as a token of your appreciation, send us an itemized list of what you stole and its approximate value so we can turn it in to our tax man?\u201d<\/p>\n
5995<\/b> Back To Nikon\u2019s \u201cHiding\u201d Place<\/b><\/p>\n
While stationed in Japan, my brother, an Army lieutenant, was impressed with the efficient maid service in his bachelor officers\u2019 quarters. But, to remove temptation, he always hid his prized Nikon camera before leaving his room. One day he forgot and left the camera out on his bed. He was worried on his return to find it gone\u2014until he discovered that the maid had put it back in its proper hiding place! <\/p>\n
\u2014Mrs. Lee R. Pepping<\/p>\n
5996<\/b> Memorizing Ten Commandments Didn\u2019t Help<\/b><\/p>\n
In a certain Sunday school the superintendent of the Junior Department was suprised to find that the offering which was placed outside the door of the department room had not been reaching the treasurer. A little checking revealed that one member of the department had been slipping out of the door and pocketing the offerings. <\/p>\n
The same boy just a few months before had won the award for learning the greatest number of Bible verses, including the Ten Commandments. When confronted with his wrongdoing, he saw no relationship between taking the offerings and the Commandments he had memorized. He had not really learned them. <\/p>\n
\u2014Moody Monthly<\/i><\/p>\n
5997<\/b> Miss Universe Got \u201cPinched\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
Queens should never lose the common touch but ought not to carry it too far. A beauty queen, \u201cMiss Universe\u201d\u201419-year-old Leda Maria Brutto Vargas\u2014was recently pinched in Miami, as might happen anywhere to the lissom. But this pinch was for shoplifting. Charges against her and two companions were dropped when her regal identity and the cosmic scope of her domain became known. <\/p>\n
When she won the title Miss Universe, she picked up\u2014that is, won\u2014some $7,500, a $10,000-personal appearance contract, and a lavish wardrobe that either wore out fast or was devoid of such practical garments as girdles and panties, which items the girls were seen stuffing into their bags. <\/p>\n
Strange pockets of poverty appear in our economy, and the plight of impoverished beauty queens should be called to our attention. Better yet, since female beauty is not a commodity that lasts very long, absurd beauty queen contests should either be abolished or the winner should be given a two-year course in some trade school. <\/p>\n
5998<\/b> Photocopied Choir Music<\/b><\/p>\n
A Christian composer was pleased during his visit to a church in another city when the choir sang a song he had written. But his pleasure turned to mixed feelings of outrage and gloom when he discovered that only the organist had a published copy; the others all had photocopies produced by a machine on the premises. For every music publication sold, approximately seventy-five to 100 illegal copies are made either for personal group use or for bootleg sale, claims Peter Kladder, Jr., president of the Zondervan publishing firm in Grand Rapids. <\/p>\n
\u2014Christianity Today<\/i><\/p>\n
5999<\/b> Coaster-Wagon Criminal<\/b><\/p>\n
The twelve-year-old coaster-wagon criminal of Marion, Indiana, has become well-practiced in burglary during the past three years. The police found that in his little, red cart the boy had stolen such wholesale loot that it required three trucks to carry it away from his home and hide-outs. When caught he was discovered to have committed a dozen burglaries in the past month. The Police Chief said: \u201cI had no idea that anything on such a large scale was going on. When you consider the boy is only twelve years old it seems fantastic, but it\u2019s true.\u201d<\/p>\n
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