re: Total Wine in BR: thieves on the run after pepper spraying employees

Was in Albertson's last year, ESSEN & Perkins, & watched a big dude walk behind the booze counter while the clerk was busy with another big dude down an aisle. He grabbed 3 gallon bottles of Crown & walked out the store while the clerk was yelling at him..he never stopped. Other big dude followed behind him. Mgr told me then that their store policy, nationwide, was to not physically confront...a shop lifter but to just try & get the items back. Talked to a clerk several weeks ago & they have a new policy, they now have 2-3 undercover cops walking around, specifically to arrest shop lifters. Caught 5 the first day. They were losing " a shite ton of groceries" & are moving the liquor dept into the middle of the store.