Mans Steals Target Store Blind As Security Watches

Surveillance video captured a man sporting an ankle monitor stealing wine and other food items from a Target store near Chicago last week.

The man was wearing a mask as he walked around the store, filling a large sack with various items as a Target security employee followed him.

Footage shows the unidentified man entering a wine and beer aisle, loading up his bag with a bottle of wine. The bag makes a solid clinking noise as he moves on to find something to go with the wine.

It is unclear whether store workers reported the incident to the police.

The National Retail Federation announced in late 2021 that organized retail crime costs companies roughly $700,000 per $1 billion in sales.

Thieves have also targeted more high-end retailers in recent months. Footage shows smash-and-grab looters stealing everything they could from a Louis Vuitton store in November 2021. The entire incident lasted less than a minute.

There isn’t much a store worker can do to stop thieves once they have entered a store, and police often cannot respond quickly enough.