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🌱 How is Oakwood Police helping crack down on organized retail theft?
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- How is Oakwood Police helping crack down on organized retail theft?
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📰 News we're reading
• 5 arrested as task force cracks down on theft (wdtn.com) — Oakwood Police are part of a new Dayton-area task force that just secured its first indictments against suspects accused of organized retail theft across Ohio. The multi-agency unit, led by Kettering Police and backed by the state, is targeting larger theft rings that officials say cost businesses billions, meaning Oakwood officers will be directly involved in wider crackdowns.
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- All lanes on I-75 North in Montgomery County are back open after a multi-vehicle crash.
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🗞 Nearby News
Kettering
- 100-year-old celebrates birthday in style in Kettering (wdtn.com)
- New Year's Eve events across the Dayton region (daytondailynews.com)
- AG: Ohio task force aimed at fighting organized retail crime lands indictments (wlwt.com)
Dayton
- SWAT presence ends with ‘at large' man in custody: cops (wdtn.com)
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