I had an uncle who was arrested for stealing a candy bar in a drug store. He had $600.00 cash on him. It was the thrill of doing it that drove him. It's actually an issue with some people.
I retired from Costco last year after working there for 34 years. It still amazes me that people steal when they have the money to pay for their items. He did not look like he was starving. (Not going to mention the bottles of wine previously stolen. LOL)
People making excuses for an old man stealing is ridiculous. It's an act he knows VERY well is a crime. He could always ask someone to buy it for him if he really needed it. He didn't.
If you truly don’t understand, then you’re part of the problem. You obviously can’t identify honesty, responsibility, accountability, respectfulness, and politeness, so you just think all criminals are exactly the same. Thus why you don’t make any decisions that actually matter.
Would you have bought it for him? Of course you wouldn't and claiming anything different would be complete BS. If people were as generous as your comment implied then no one would steal
@@mjsteward5508 It's crazy how people excuse it and come up with any nonsense argument to do so. If that old man was really that hungry, he'd ask someone. I would have bought that sandwich for him. He also stole other things. How do you have money for a Costco membership, but not for the food?
@@chopsuey061987 While life may get you down, you lose your job, your wife leaves you, car breaks down, etc, One thing that will be the bright shining sun in life will always be the $1.50 hot dog combo at Costco.
@@chopsuey061987 LOL. While I worked at Costco, the CEO Jim Sinegal told the Board that they have to keep the price forever!! LMAO I'm wondering how much money Costco will lose on every hot doe in 3024
For those saying 'I just don't get why', I can offer my experience. I used to steal like that. Have a pocketful of money. For me, I also had internal issues I'd never dealt with. Stealing was like cutting. A release of pain and anxiety for stuff I didn't know how to deal with. I spiraled into alcoholism and got treatment and have been sober 22 years now. Once I exposed and worked on those issues I swore I'd never tell, the impulse to drink, steal, cut, etc to relieve the anxiety and pain left me. My living amends to the stores I've stolen from is to not steal anymore. I did most of my stealing during the 70's and 80's (from a child into my 20's) so no way to pay them back as they don't exist anymore. I'm not using it as an excuse, just saying what happened to me. Hope it helps
I hate thieves but as this story went on I came to feel bad for the old man. I do believe he has a compulsion, as I have seen it before. When he was questioned and said "there's no explaining it" I felt he was sincere. And he was very polite and cooperative throughout. I feel more sad for him than anything.
Winona Ryder had some klepto moments too. She swiped $5,500 in designer goods from Saks. I think some folks like the thrill of "getting away with it". I don't get it.
Got dragged to Costco for the first time 10 years ago. Parking lot was insane, place jammed, and fortunately I never had to go back. But I get that people think it's cool and it's sad this poor guy seems more concerned about being banned for 18 months than him being a crook: "And how might an appeal process play out?" It's like he's getting kicked out of a country club and won't be able to deal with the rubes at Safeway.
He seems like a clepto. He doesn’t need to steal. He even said so and that there was no making sense of it. He’s really butt hurt that he’s lost his Costco membership.
There is a reason Costco has memberships…. It significantly reduces theft (shrinkage) and they can deny memberships to individuals who are convicted or suspected of shoplifting, as well as trespass members who have been caught shoplifting.
@@spicypizza6116it’s called trespassing you don’t need a membership program to trespass someone It doesn’t reduce theft considering he managed to steal multiple times. Also internal theft is higher than external theft by 3-1 in America so it ain’t external theft Costco should be worried about
I think I said it once, but I’m going to say it again. That security person/lost prevention should have just gone through the academy and become a cop. Or, maybe there was something in the way 🤔
Or he makes more at Costco, gets better benefits, and has a better schedule? That’s why I chose not to stay in law enforcement after just a couple of years and moved to the corporate world. Now people who joined LE when I originally did are trying to get hired where I’m working due to lack of promotions, only receiving comparable pay with insane OT, bad schedules, breaking down bodies, and maybe a divorce or two under their belts.
Soon his ban is lifted on November 2nd, 2024. As long if his behave well. He will learn from his mistakes. Not try to steal anything from the store. He can reinstate his membership card.
The city’s trespassing code only allows an 18 month ban, but Costco gave him a lifetime ban. The old guy said he’s going to appeal the lifetime ban but the police said they’d never seen someone be successful.
I'm interested in the _why._ He didn't want to get into it. He had the money! So, what gives? I know some people get a rush from stealing, like gambling. Watched one with an attorney getting popped for it. She was driving a luxury suv. _As an aside, he looks like Tricky Dick Nixon. And like Nixon, he WAS a crook_
So I’m confused here. He’s banned from THAT location for 18 months, but banned for life from all other locations? Literally saying that after his 18 months are up(which I’m assuming is now coming up next month because that video was recorded in May 2023 and it’s now October 2024), he would be allowed to shop at that location again and ONLY at THAT location?!?!? Doesn’t make sense if you ask me.
The policy for 18 months is from the Police dept. of Palm Gardens, FL. The Lifetime ban is Costco's policy, and will also cover the Costco he stole from. ;)
Because you use a membership card to get into the store, and to check out of the store, each visit you make can be tracked. The LP guy had looked back at the last few visits and found he’d stolen wine, so that’s what he was paying for now. The LP guy was saying at the beginning that he’ll go back on the guy’s prior visits to see if he stole anything else and got away with it, come to his court date, and add those stolen items to the case, along with the accompanying video evidence.
The guy stole a sandwich... At least he was co-operative and admitted it. He won't do it again. I think he is cured. He could have just walked around inside eating free samples for an hour and eaten as much food as he stole.
if you watch the video, especially the part portion where they are in the manager's ofc, you will see that he agrees to pay for $373 worth of wine that he is accused of stealing. So, it's not just that he's stealing because he a hungry old man. And he obviously knows what he did is criminal.
That seems like double jeopardy how can you press charges when he pays for If they made an agreement for having him pay for it then they should have just trespassed him for the 18 months You can't have him pay for it and still charge him for it where he has to go to court for something he paid for. There's something very wrong with this situation. 😐
did you miss the part where the store tells him that if this goes to court they will accy=use him of stealing $372 worth of wine. He agrees to pay for ir in turn for them not charging him. He's actually being offered a generous deal.
@@flashoflight8160that’s dumb. If anything, it would make more sense if he was banned for life from the location he got arrested in. If he moves out of this area, then, he would have to fly all the way here just go to Costco lol.
Mistake - they charged him and he paid for the sandwich, they charged him with stealing. You never allow the suspect, to pay for what you charge them with stealing.
Yah you can’t steal and get away with it. That would be like someone stealing from your house but the cops didn’t catch them while they were still at your house. They would be then say sorry they are gone we can’t charge them anymore they got away with it.
@@littlemissaugie3966 “deal with or describe in an idealized or unrealistic fashion; make (something) seem better or more appealing than it really is.” Yes you are making stealing food seem more appealing that it is.
Arrested for stealing sandwiches? Shoplifting small items is a mental health disorder outlined in the DSM-5 manual! He needs psych help NOT placed in jail! Let him deal with Costco employee. This is nuts
Speaking from experience, it takes alot for LPs to go after someone for stealing food. This guy was knicking wine and sht, he wasn't just trying to survive.
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The Costco Loss Prevention and the cops were very patient and respectful to this repeat offender!
He's being "honest" only because he got caught...
Exactly. Shameful
No more rotisserie chickens for grandpa
Costco does have good chicken 🐓!
Every city has mission services, church help, food stamps, food banks & soup kitchens.
Here, sometimes they are cheaper roasted than whole. Not sure how that works but happy to get the fast supper. The big bin of Potato Salad and done.
His wife can still come in and buy his rotisserie chicken He just can't come with her for 18 months.😂😂
Costco and Sam's Club don't play about that shoplifting nonsense.
He's been stealing his entire life.
How embarrassing! Too old for that type of behavior. Grandpa should know better by now. Good grief!
I had an uncle who was arrested for stealing a candy bar in a drug store. He had $600.00 cash on him. It was the thrill of doing it that drove him. It's actually an issue with some people.
Right! And grandpa has money to buy but instead he chosed to steal a sandwich!!!!
Could have early dementia
Maybe hungry, a senior
Grandpa now gets to be on the internet FOREVER or until he dies of embarrassment next week when his little grandkids find out that he's a thief.
This is a very experience loss prevention agent. He knows the system extremely well.
Wrong. He screwed up. He had the guy pay for the sandwich after the fact, which isn’t how things are supposed to be done when you press charges.
Someone can buy him a shop card ,and he can sneak back in..
And NOW they are requiring your card and photo id just to get inside.
And at the checkout line, too.
You actively pay for it by being a member no sense complaining
What’s the point if putting your photo on the back of the membership card then?
Shop some place else if you find it such a problem. It's not compulsory to go there.
I support Costco 100% with their decision to do this.
kind of amazing to pay 120 dollars a year or more so you can then try to steal? Weird.
That's is only for the Executive Membership. The Gold Star Membership is $60
I retired from Costco last year after working there for 34 years. It still amazes me that people steal when they have the money to pay for their items. He did not look like he was starving. (Not going to mention the bottles of wine previously stolen. LOL)
Congrats on 34 years with just one employer. That's pretty rare nowadays especially outside of government jobs.
@@flashoflight8160 Thanks. I still think they are a great company. (Biased) LOL
People making excuses for an old man stealing is ridiculous. It's an act he knows VERY well is a crime. He could always ask someone to buy it for him if he really needed it. He didn't.
If you truly don’t understand, then you’re part of the problem. You obviously can’t identify honesty, responsibility, accountability, respectfulness, and politeness, so you just think all criminals are exactly the same. Thus why you don’t make any decisions that actually matter.
Would you have bought it for him? Of course you wouldn't and claiming anything different would be complete BS. If people were as generous as your comment implied then no one would steal
@@INeedlessI Funny how you asked a question, then answered it 😂. You have a very narcissistic nature.
Exactly, speak on it. Stealing is wrong no matter who you are.
@@mjsteward5508 It's crazy how people excuse it and come up with any nonsense argument to do so. If that old man was really that hungry, he'd ask someone. I would have bought that sandwich for him. He also stole other things. How do you have money for a Costco membership, but not for the food?
He should have used the "old man defense" , re: Uncle Leo , on Seinfeld..." I`m old , what`s happening...where am I?".
LP officer was super reasonable on this. Sounds like he had more than enough to tack on a few more shoplifting charges.
Oh no! No more 2-dollar Costco hot dogs!!!
It’s 1.50 with a drink!!!! Be mad with the right information !!!!!!!!
@@chopsuey061987$1.67 to be exact.
@@chopsuey061987 While life may get you down, you lose your job, your wife leaves you, car breaks down, etc, One thing that will be the bright shining sun in life will always be the $1.50 hot dog combo at Costco.
@@chopsuey061987 You're right, I forgot. Sometimes I go to Costco and buy a frozen food I don't need just to grab a hot dog and drink.
@@chopsuey061987 LOL. While I worked at Costco, the CEO Jim Sinegal told the Board that they have to keep the price forever!! LMAO I'm wondering how much money Costco will lose on every hot doe in 3024
7:38 did he really try to charge his theft to his Costco credit card? Unbelievable 😂
Reminds me of Biff from Back to the Future as an old man. Haha.
Definitely was Not Stealing Haircare Products
Can't afford to eat, he is stealing sandwiches. Hair care is on the bottom of the list.
For those saying 'I just don't get why', I can offer my experience.
I used to steal like that. Have a pocketful of money. For me, I also had internal issues I'd never dealt with. Stealing was like cutting. A release of pain and anxiety for stuff I didn't know how to deal with.
I spiraled into alcoholism and got treatment and have been sober 22 years now. Once I exposed and worked on those issues I swore I'd never tell, the impulse to drink, steal, cut, etc to relieve the anxiety and pain left me.
My living amends to the stores I've stolen from is to not steal anymore. I did most of my stealing during the 70's and 80's (from a child into my 20's) so no way to pay them back as they don't exist anymore.
I'm not using it as an excuse, just saying what happened to me. Hope it helps
I hate thieves but as this story went on I came to feel bad for the old man. I do believe he has a compulsion, as I have seen it before. When he was questioned and said "there's no explaining it" I felt he was sincere. And he was very polite and cooperative throughout. I feel more sad for him than anything.
Winona Ryder had some klepto moments too. She swiped $5,500 in designer goods from Saks.
I think some folks like the thrill of "getting away with it". I don't get it.
Got dragged to Costco for the first time 10 years ago. Parking lot was insane, place jammed, and fortunately I never had to go back. But I get that people think it's cool and it's sad this poor guy seems more concerned about being banned for 18 months than him being a crook: "And how might an appeal process play out?" It's like he's getting kicked out of a country club and won't be able to deal with the rubes at Safeway.
Hey Grandpa no new card for you. You'll just have to start stealing at Walmart.
This guy is just sad. Like 75 years old and stealing?
This was uneventful and uninteresting compared to most of the vids on this channel
Agreed.
all this over stealing a sandwich? lmao
So many elderly in Palm Beach stealing from Costco
He seems like a clepto. He doesn’t need to steal. He even said so and that there was no making sense of it. He’s really butt hurt that he’s lost his Costco membership.
There is a reason Costco has memberships…. It significantly reduces theft (shrinkage) and they can deny memberships to individuals who are convicted or suspected of shoplifting, as well as trespass members who have been caught shoplifting.
Kleptomania is a psychiatric disorder. He needs psych help not to be arrested for gawd's sake!
Klepto for real
@@spicypizza6116it’s called trespassing you don’t need a membership program to trespass someone
It doesn’t reduce theft considering he managed to steal multiple times.
Also internal theft is higher than external theft by 3-1 in America so it ain’t external theft Costco should be worried about
He'll be sleeping on the couch from now on.
We're Costco guys , of course we get arrested over a Double ChOnk choKlate COOKIE
I think I said it once, but I’m going to say it again. That security person/lost prevention should have just gone through the academy and become a cop. Or, maybe there was something in the way 🤔
Or he makes more at Costco, gets better benefits, and has a better schedule? That’s why I chose not to stay in law enforcement after just a couple of years and moved to the corporate world.
Now people who joined LE when I originally did are trying to get hired where I’m working due to lack of promotions, only receiving comparable pay with insane OT, bad schedules, breaking down bodies, and maybe a divorce or two under their belts.
Hell have to.start stealing at Sam's or BJs Warehouse
Honesty is the best policy...
no, shut your mouth when it comes to anything regarding the legal system... be honest to your defense attorney lol
Soon his ban is lifted on November 2nd, 2024. As long if his behave well. He will learn from his mistakes. Not try to steal anything from the store. He can reinstate his membership card.
The city’s trespassing code only allows an 18 month ban, but Costco gave him a lifetime ban. The old guy said he’s going to appeal the lifetime ban but the police said they’d never seen someone be successful.
I'm interested in the _why._ He didn't want to get into it. He had the money! So, what gives? I know some people get a rush from stealing, like gambling. Watched one with an attorney getting popped for it. She was driving a luxury suv. _As an aside, he looks like Tricky Dick Nixon. And like Nixon, he WAS a crook_
I feel bad for him ..
Guys if you can’t afford meat eat can food but don’t steal. Sandwich is not that important I feel bad for him wish well in life.
So I’m confused here. He’s banned from THAT location for 18 months, but banned for life from all other locations? Literally saying that after his 18 months are up(which I’m assuming is now coming up next month because that video was recorded in May 2023 and it’s now October 2024), he would be allowed to shop at that location again and ONLY at THAT location?!?!? Doesn’t make sense if you ask me.
The policy for 18 months is from the Police dept. of Palm Gardens, FL.
The Lifetime ban is Costco's policy, and will also cover the Costco he stole from. ;)
The 18 months is how long they can criminally charge him for trespassing if he comes back. The lifetime ban means he can't ever get a membership again
The agreement to pay for the sandwich came before the arrest from you the officers Y'all got this one wrong That's embarrassing
That's not how it works.
@@paulineszymanski8650 Correct. He walked out the door without paying, that makes it theft.
He should have taken a chicken bake at least
You have to pay before getting your food at the food court
@ what if you’re getting a DOUBLE CHUNK CHOCOLATE COOKIE???
So he paid for everything. Ban him and done....
Today is Nov 2nd 2024 Exactly 18 months after he was kicked out.
Sad situation.
What are they talking about wine 🍷? I don’t understand?
Because you use a membership card to get into the store, and to check out of the store, each visit you make can be tracked. The LP guy had looked back at the last few visits and found he’d stolen wine, so that’s what he was paying for now.
The LP guy was saying at the beginning that he’ll go back on the guy’s prior visits to see if he stole anything else and got away with it, come to his court date, and add those stolen items to the case, along with the accompanying video evidence.
The guy stole a sandwich... At least he was co-operative and admitted it. He won't do it again. I think he is cured. He could have just walked around inside eating free samples for an hour and eaten as much food as he stole.
Won't do it again? He been doin it in the past. Grandpa can shop at Sams Club instead.
The guy stole.
Period.
Oh, he’ll do it again. How many other stores has he stolen from?
He’s a repeat shoplifter, it’s like an addiction for some people. I doubt this will change his behavior.
They talk about how he has stolen wine from them in the past.
Any relation……🙂
What were the trespass terms? 18 months what, and lifetime what?
WOW an old man stealing sandwiches.
Old man stealing food? Dude. This is so sad
if you watch the video, especially the part portion where they are in the manager's ofc, you will see that he agrees to pay for $373 worth of wine that he is accused of stealing. So, it's not just that he's stealing because he a hungry old man. And he obviously knows what he did is criminal.
Oh yea, it's sad because he's not stealing from you.
@@elvis6244 aww but from a billion dollar corp. the horror!
@@Digitalgems9000 still called stealing and a crime.
@@elvis6244 yeah but there is different levels of stealing. petty crime and felony. they called cops over a guy stealing a $5 sandwich lol.
No more delicious $5 rotisserie chickens for him!
That seems like double jeopardy how can you press charges when he pays for If they made an agreement for having him pay for it then they should have just trespassed him for the 18 months You can't have him pay for it and still charge him for it where he has to go to court for something he paid for. There's something very wrong with this situation. 😐
did you miss the part where the store tells him that if this goes to court they will accy=use him of stealing $372 worth of wine. He agrees to pay for ir in turn for them not charging him. He's actually being offered a generous deal.
So, is he trespassed from Costco for 18 months or forever?
They said 18 months for just THAT location, but for life at all other locations, which doesn’t make sense if you ask me.
@@Chanelly93 so 18 months he would get arrested after that he can be in the car but can't physically be there
Trespassed for 18 months from that location. Lifetime ban from a membership at any location.
@@flashoflight8160that’s dumb. If anything, it would make more sense if he was banned for life from the location he got arrested in.
If he moves out of this area, then, he would have to fly all the way here just go to Costco lol.
@@Chanelly93yeah. If you give a lifetime ban, it should be from the location he got arrested in
Costco makes the best pizza and hot dogs.
You know I've never had one ever. 😮
Mistake - they charged him and he paid for the sandwich, they charged him with stealing.
You never allow the suspect, to pay for what you charge them with stealing.
That's f up he can't go to the food court anymore
Gotta feel sorry for this old man.
At this time his only way to avoid criminal charges is to run for president.
Prolly egg salad 🤢
In the UK, the cops won’t take any action, if the theft is below £150 in value. Stay under that and you’re fine.
Can they legally pursue thefts the man made before this theft? Shame on the guy....
Yes they absolutely can
Yes, a lot of places will even intentionally wait until it’s felony level.
Yah you can’t steal and get away with it. That would be like someone stealing from your house but the cops didn’t catch them while they were still at your house. They would be then say sorry they are gone we can’t charge them anymore they got away with it.
No more $1.50 hotdog, no more Costco pizza, RIP Bozo.
He looks like he's having trouble with reality. Maybe some cognitive stuff going on.
Watch out for old white men. Most likely to shop lift!
over sandwiches??!! what a waste of resources Costco is turning into Walmart
Yeah, but at least they prosecute them to the fullest degree. Can't say that for Walmart.
they throw the food out afterwards right?
I thought Costco ran background checks on its customers?If they did it would help keep out the riff raff
No they don’t.
I know stealing is stealing, but somebody taking food is completely different than stealing electronics, etc.
True, but I get the impression he’s a professional shoplifter and isn’t doing this for survival
Only because you romanized the thought he is starving and broke
@@rollastudent are you trying to say "Romanticized?" Even if you are thats not the word you're looking for...
@@littlemissaugie3966 “deal with or describe in an idealized or unrealistic fashion; make (something) seem better or more appealing than it really is.” Yes you are making stealing food seem more appealing that it is.
@@rollastudent You are a silly person, stop it.
Didn't know costco had undercover security
I do not know KNOW. At this point, any shop with multiple tills will have that.
Now you do.
SANDWICHES
Arrested for stealing sandwiches? Shoplifting small items is a mental health disorder outlined in the DSM-5 manual! He needs psych help NOT placed in jail! Let him deal with Costco employee. This is nuts
Dude wont go to jail for this. Court costs he will have to deal with tho.
Speaking from experience, it takes alot for LPs to go after someone for stealing food. This guy was knicking wine and sht, he wasn't just trying to survive.
No, he was stealing expensive wine as well. They should have taken his ass to jail
@@sethrobinson The cops said there could be more charges. Up to the store to get the footage gathered up.
Baloney. He commited a crime. He knows right from wrong. Consequences modify behavior.
Is he voting for kamala?
😮 you can see into his mind
Nothing to do with politics.
Focken worker think he is a cop. This ols man is down to his luck man, just give him a Tres pass and let him go man, have a heart.
No