Local Elder-Beerman Store Uses Advanced Security System
Statistically, the retail industry loses $30 billion annually to theft. Retail stores like Elder-Beerman, excluding groceries, lose 1.7 percent of stock to shrinkage each year. Shrinkage may be external, internal or caused by paper mistakes, such as incorrectly stating a quantity on an invoice.External stock shrinkage is the industry term for shoplifting or theft.It's estimated that an individual pays more that $150 extra per year as businesses must increase retail prices to cover theft. Elder-Beerman of Warsaw uses the latest technology to identify theft.Most people know that many retail businesses use ceiling cameras to observe activities in a store, but the newer technology makes those cameras more useful.
Charges Against Fisher May Change
Adding one charge could result in two other charges being dismissed against a Goshen man accused in connection with the death of a Milford woman. Ralph Freddrick Fisher, 46, came before Kosciusko Circuit Court Judge Rex Reed Monday seeking that the charges pending against him be dismissed. Fisher was charged in January with assisting a criminal and unlawful movement of a body.The charges result from the alleged murder of 48-year-old Kathy Vroman of Milford.Fisher's son, Jason Fisher, 22, of Middlebury, is charged with Vroman's murder. Ralph Fisher's attorney, Thomas Leatherman of Goshen, previously filed a motion for dismissal in the case, claiming his client was not aware of his son's alleged actions.The elder Fisher reportedly told his son and an alleged accomplice, Lawrence Grant, how to clean up the evidence of the shooting and dispose of Vroman's body.
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Superior Court I Jury Convicts Mentone Man Of Theft
In a split decision Wednesday, a 12-person jury found a Mentone man guilty of theft but not guilty of burglary.
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