A repeat offender who told others he wanted to celebrate his day in court by “grabbing some cold ones for sentencing” was caught stealing a box of beer just hours before he faced a judge in Nelson.<\/p>\n
The 43-year-old man swiped the beers from a Nelson supermarket on August 18. As he left the store, he was seen by officers who happened to be there on a tasked crime prevention visit, and a short foot pursuit ended with his arrest in front of the public. <\/p>\n
The beers went back to the store.<\/p>\n
When he appeared in court later that day, his comment about “grabbing some cold ones” did not go down well with the judge. <\/p>\n
He was jailed for five and a half months for burglary, shoplifting and breach of court release, with a further shoplifting charge over the beers.<\/p>\n
Court-bound offender going against the flow<\/p>\n
Retail crime in the Nelson region has dropped over the past 12 months, down more than 30% in Nelson Central, 18% in Richmond and 17% in Motueka.<\/p>\n
Nelson Bays area commander Steve Collins said he was pleased with the figures that he put down to improved officer visibility and prioritised investigations.<\/p>\n
“Frontline and community policing having a regular presence on the street is making a big difference to retail crime numbers, and a focus on repeat offenders has paid dividends,” he said.<\/p>\n
“This is an excellent example of how our presence can stop retail crime in its tracks. Our officers did a great job here, and I thank them for their commitment to keeping our communities safe and for their dedication to reducing retail crime.”<\/p>\n
The Auckland-founded company says revenue rose 60% over the past year as retailers globally invest more heavily in organised retail crime prevention technology. (Source: BNZ Business Breakfast)<\/p>\n
A Woolworths spokesperson said the company worked closely with police and thanked officers for their efforts.<\/p>\n
“We actively work with police on incidents like this and we’re so grateful for their support,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
“Unfortunately, we continue to see violence, aggression and crime have a very real impact in our stores, on our team, security guards and customers, and their wh\u0101nau.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A repeat offender who told others he wanted to celebrate his day in court by “grabbing some cold…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[67,91,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-587669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-nelson","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}