Two girls in Pennsylvania have been arrested on prices of stealing almost $3,500 in roast beef and different objects from the Arby’s the place they labored.
Officers have filed felony theft prices in opposition to Shaniyah Alyia West, 21, and Stephanie Davis, 63, accusing the pair of stealing greater than $2,800 in roast beef and greater than 140 drinks over the course of their shifts.
The investigation started final July, when the proprietor of the franchise location contacted police about discrepancies within the retailer’s roast beef log sheets. Whereas she initially thought it was because of measurement issues or waste, the proprietor finally discovered that the 2 had been allegedly slicing the meat and hiding it in a non-working oven earlier than it was positioned within the trash.
They’d then allegedly retrieve the meat from the trash later. This observe went on for months, officers say. One supervisor instructed police he had watched the 2 employees slice off a considerable amount of beef, which was thrown out that evening. West, he mentioned, appeared wanting to take out the trash that evening – and when he went to research after the luggage had been taken out, he seen the meat was not in them.
Surveillance video additionally allegedly confirmed the pair had taken 143 drinks, 16 different meals objects, and 49 “other” issues.
The weird case comes as extra retailers have cited theft (or “shrink” to make use of the trade time period) as an growing problem. Shrink losses exceeded $100 billion in 2022, in keeping with the Nationwide Retail Federation.
Shoplifting is commonly cited because the principal cause for these losses, however inner theft makes up 29% of shrink, in keeping with the NRF.
“Employees have more access to merchandise and monies; more control over security measures and processes; and opportunities not available to outsiders,” the NRF wrote in its 2023 Retail Safety Survey. “An employee who decides to steal or collude with outsiders to steal often does so at a higher loss per incident than external thieves. … It’s no small matter: The average dollar loss reported for an internal theft was $2,180 per investigation, which falls in line with 2021 and 2020 levels.”
