HENDERSON (KTNV) — It's the season of giving, not the season of stealing. That's the message of the Henderson Police Department in recent retail theft blitz operations targeting holiday shopping thievery.
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During this holiday season, Henderson police have conducted two separate "Retail Theft Blitz" operations to stop and prevent retail thefts in major shopping areas.
These operations are a joint effort between multiple law enforcement agencies and loss prevention staff that started a few days before Thanksgiving.
So far, Henderson police said 35 arrests have been made, and more than $4,273 in stolen items have been recovered and returned.
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Henderson police also said several of these arrests were numerous repeat offenders; some also had active arrest warrants for other crimes. Arrests were also made of offenders as part of a larger, ongoing Organized Retail Theft series.
These operations continue throughout the holiday shopping season and into the new year.
