Fellow Member Hemline - 3310 Magazine St wishes to report a theft that took place Sunday, 9/3/23. They sent the attached photos.

Please contact Ashley Weilenman at Hemline for more details, aw@shophemline.com

Message from fellow Member, Miss Claudia

On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 3:03 PM claudia baumgarten <missclaudia2@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sunday a man attempted to steal some items from Miss Claudia's.

He didn't get away with the items and the bag he had with him broke, dropping loads of quarters in the street and a Donate to a rescue dog sign.  We'd like to return the quarters to the store from which they were taken.

If anyone reports a theft, please let me know.

If not, we'll donate them. 

Thanks

Claudia

Miss Claudia's Vintage 

Hate to have to post this... but someone defecated on my doormat on the porch in front of my shop this morning. We believe he also did that in front of Red Dog today as well? I did not see him but he was trying to get Dark Garden to let him inside their shop before opening hours and we believe he walked over to my side of the porch and did this after not being allowed inside, around 11:45am. Dark Garden has a better description but youngish, no shirt, sagging pants, white guy with scruffy face. Not sure if it was the same man who wore the leather jacket and was harassign Slim Goodies. Walks around with a creepy smile/ laugh, cursing and shouting. Working on installing exterior cameras as well.

This was not shoplifting but attempted local business theft everyone should be aware of nonetheless:

I had a check I wrote to Entergy with the bill stolen out of the blue post office mailbox in front of the Louisiana Avenue post office. The thief rewrote the check in the amount of $20,000 and attempted to deposit it. The bank did not flag it as suspicious and only charged me a return check fee until I saw & inquired about it. Thankfully I didn’t have that much in there at the time but if I had, it would’ve been worse

The post office rep said they believe an employee may hr selling key copies to the boxes, and then using nail polish remover to remove the ink.

TLDR, I rarely write checks but this caused a HUGE headache at the minimum. USPS rep said to always bring any mail directly inside. I guess it’s been on the news but I missed it.

Fellow Member, Monomin (Rachel Hall Taravella), began a Facebook group to tackle theft on Magazine Street that resulted in the police apprehending the culprit!

... Specific facebook group that's private called "PROTECT MAGAZINE" with the two detectives on the case being members - this way they can see crime posts in real time and build evidence in cases.

... In reference to the thief that attacked dozens of shops on magazine, we were able to work together with detectives and apprehend her - so good news she is currently in custody!