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To: Julius Wong who wrote (185092)	3/10/2022 9:22:50 AM
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Arizona Bill Proposes Businesses Use Deadly Force Against Property Damage BY AARON MCDADE ON 3/7/22 AT 12:35 PM EST 00:19 Watch As Marine Veteran Expertly Disarms Gas Station Robber In Arizona SHARE Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share via EmailComments NEWS ARIZONA U.S. POLITICS CRIME ROBBERY The Arizona state Senate is set to consider a bill on Monday that would allow business owners a wider range of justifications for the use of deadly force against someone with a "deadly weapon" who is damaging their property. Current state law allows for the use of deadly force when it is used to prevent crimes like murder, rape, child molestation or arson of a building with people inside, according to the Arizona Daily Star. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, the Republican state senator sponsoring the bill, said it was motivated by the increase of "smash and grab" thefts across the country that led to property damage for business owners. Critics of the bill, including Senate Democrats and some community activists, said in a committee hearing last week that the bill is too broad and could give business owners the ability to inflict serious violence on someone who might just be spraying graffiti, according to the Associated Press. NEWSWEEK NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP > The bill passed through a committee last week and is set for a full state Senate vote on Monday afternoon. If it passes, it will go to the state House for more hearings and debate, the Daily Star reported. Ugenti-Rita said in last week's hearing that the bill would allow business owners and employees to protect their businesses and jobs with the same rights that they have to protect their homes and family members. Opponents to the bill that passed the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 5-3 party line vote said it could provoke excessive violence. READ MORE 13 Rare Hermès Handbags Worth $1M Snatched in Overnight Smash-and-Grab Newsom Proposes $300M to Fight Smash-and-Grab Thefts in California Fear of Smash-and-Grabs Forces Bay Area Businesses to Move Online

To: Julius Wong who wrote (185092)	3/10/2022 9:30:51 AM
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13 Rare Hermès Handbags Worth $1M Snatched in Overnight Smash-and-Grab at Florida Store BY AARON MCDADE ON 12/27/21 AT 7:35 PM EST 00:40 CCTV Footage Captures Moment Woman Steals $7,000 Chihuahua From Florida Pet Store SHARE Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share via EmailComments NEWS FLORIDA HERMÈS THEFT Thirteen one-of-a-kind Hermès handbags were reported stolen from a store in Florida earlier this month after the window fronting the display was smashed in the middle of the night, according to WPTV in West Palm Beach. The bags are valued at about $1 million, Virgil Rogers, owner of the Only Authentics store, told the TV station. Rogers said the robbery took place the night of Dec. 14, when a window displaying the store's collection of 30 years of Hermès and Chanel handbags was smashed, according to the Palm Beach Daily News. Eight Birkin and five Kelly bags were stolen, with several valued at over $100,000 apiece, Rogers said. Only Authentics has two Hermès Birkin bags on its website listed for $480,000, with most Birkins priced from $17,000 to $90,000, the Daily News reported. NEWSWEEK NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP > Hermès bags are typically made from alligator, cow or ostrich leather, among other materials, and those who want to purchase a bag directly from the website join a waiting list that can take years, according to the Daily News. A store employee told the newspaper that the most expensive items stolen were a green crocodile-skin Kelly bag listed at $89,000, and a Vert Bosphore Birkin handbag worth $110,000. Thirteen Hermès handbags valued at nearly $1 million, including several Birkin bags, were reported stolen from a store in Florida earlier this month. Above, an employee holds a $129,000 crocodile Hermès Birkin bag during a private opening for the new Hermès store on Wall Street in New York on June 21, 2007.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP VIA Alex Piquero, a criminologist at the University of Miami, told WPTV the thefts were likely the work of organized criminals. "It just shows you they don't care, and they have it such that they have this down to the second. I've got x amount of seconds to get in there. I have a car waiting for me down on the street, and there's probably another car two streets from there that it's going to be loaded on, loaded off, loaded on, loaded ofPiquero said. Over the past two months, there have been a series of smash-and-grab burglaries at luxury stores around the U.S. Thieves rushed into a Southern California Nordstrom store the night before Thanksgiving and ran off with pricey goods. Around the same time, groups of thieves smashed glass cases and window displays and ransacked high-end stores throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, stealing jewelry, sunglasses, suitcases and other merchandise. The Associated Press contributed to this report.