59 Grinches Arrested, 59
'grinches' arrested in Operation Whoville sting. Police in the Chicago
recently set up an elaborate sting called "Operation Whoville" to catch
a shoplifting ring. So when they arrested 59 people from the sting,
naturally they said they nabbed 59 "grinches."
Cook County State's Attorney
Anita Alvarez says of the grinches in a press conference, "They're very
organized. Everybody has a job to do. They know what it is, and they
know exactly where the merchandise is going once they get it out of the
store."
Operation Whoville was started in
October and concentrated on not only malls in suburban Chicago, but
also the famous downtown shopping area the Magnificent Mile..
"It was a big operation and the
significance was that most of the work done by police departments in
regards to financial crime is reactive in nature, but this was a
proactive approach," Orland Park Police Department Chief Tim McCarthy
tells ABC News.
He said that thieves in one of
the rings would ship the stolen goods to Miami and, from there, they'd
be shipped to South America to be sold. operation whoville, 59 grinches
arrested,
"It was a great effort
and it's going to continue," says McCarthy. "These people who engage
in this kind of activity aren't going to know next time if we're there
watching. There's hopefully going to be a Whoville Two."
Source:zap2it
