Business news: York Co. deputies use social media to curb shoplifting
Allen Tate raises money for education
Allen Tate Realtors in the Charlotte region raised more than $73,000 for public education, as part of the company’s 18th annual FUNday event.
About 400 people attended the Charlotte event Oct. 6, an upscale tailgate and reception in the Panthers’ Den at Bank of America Stadium. The festivities included silent and live auctions, 50/50 raffle, wine pull, and exclusive, behind-the-scenes tours of the stadium and Carolina Panthers’ facilities.
Local education organizations that will benefit from Allen Tate FUNday include: Communities in Schools, NCBest, MeckEd and Teach for America (Mecklenburg); Cleveland County Education Foundation (Kings Mountain/Shelby); Clover Leaf Foundation (Lake Wylie); Foundation for Fort Mill Schools (Fort Mill); Gaston Education Foundation (Gastonia, Belmont); Kannapolis Education Foundation (Concord); Mooresville Foundation for Education (Mooresville); Rock Hill District 3 Education Foundation (Rock Hill) and Union County Education Foundation (Union County).
Allen Tate has 23 offices in the Charlotte region, including Lake Wylie and Steele Creek.
Decals could deter shoplifters
The York County Sheriff’s Office is using the power of social media to fight shoplifting.
The sheriff’s office and Crime Stoppers of York County developed a decal that reads: “Free picture on Crime Stoppers of York County if you steal from this store.”
The hope is someone will think twice before stealing from a store with the fear their photo will be shared multiple times on the Internet and through the news media, said sheriff’s spokesman Trent Faris.
York County deputies have investigated about 300 shoplifting cases in the past two years, Faris said, and have responded to more than 120 cases so far this year. Nationwide, more than 10 million people have been caught shoplifting in the past five years.
“Shoplifting affects more than the offender; it hurts everyone,” Sheriff Bruce Bryant said in a statement. “It overburdens our officers and the courts, adds to a store’s expenses and costs customers more for goods which in turn costs communities lost dollars in sales taxes.”
The decals are in limited supply. Faris said district commanders will have decals for businesses they feel are in need of a shoplifting deterrent. Any business owner who wants a decal should call the sheriff’s office at 803-628-3059 and ask for the public information officer or the crime prevention officer.
Enter Prowl the Den by Oct. 30
Allen Tate Co. is offering a chance to Prowl the Den. On Nov. 14, 25 winners will be taking a guided, open house tour of the Panthers’ facilities.
The contest is open to North and South Carolina residents age 18 or older at the time of entry with a valid email address. To enter, register at contest.allentate.com or contact an Allen Tate Realtor.
The tour will take the winners and their guests to areas throughout the stadium not open to the public, including the Panthers’ locker room, PantherVision studio, Bank of America Stadium’s kitchen and Gridiron Club.
At the end of the tour, one of the 25 tour winners will win a grand prize of four suite tickets and four field passes for the Jan. 3 home game against Tampa, and four replica Carolina Panthers jerseys. Tour winners must be present to win the grand prize.
Contest ends at 11:59 a.m. Oct. 30. Tour winners will be notified Nov. 4.
This story was originally published October 23, 2015 at 2:47 PM with the headline "Business news: York Co. deputies use social media to curb shoplifting."