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Scene I NT Da ly
News
February 16, 2007
Textbook theft rises, securi ty tightens
By Abel Prado
Staff Writer
Occurrences of shoplifting in
Denton textbook bookstores have
risen recently.
"It's always been a problem,"
said Michelle Dellis, store manger
of Voertman's. "But it seems to
have gotten a lot worse in the last
few months."
It's not uncommon for NT book-
store employees to find abandoned
plastic wrappers or magnetic secu-
rity devices scattered amongst the
shelves, and Dellis finds it normal
when a student tries to shove a
textbook down his pants.
Dellis estimates that about
$10,000 worth of merchandise
goes missing each year. Constant
inventories and backpack checks
have helped deter some cases.
"They know which ones to
take," Dellis said. "Chemistry, ac-
counting and algebra books are
the ones that seem to go missing
more often. But most of them don't
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The NT Bookstore, along with other bookstores in the area, has seen more shoplifting of merchandise and
textbooks within the past few months. Security devices have been placed on merchandise as a precaution.
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take them for personal use. A lot
of times they'll take a book from
here before and head right to the
bookstore to go and sell it back."
The Texas Penal Code stipulates
that any theft of property under
$50 classifies as a Class C misde-
meanor, which carries a fine of up
to $50. Any theft of property over
$50 and below $500 classifies as a
Class B misdemeanor and carries
a fine of up to $2,000 and confine-
ment in jail for up to 180 days
Although the reported amount
of stolen textbooks has risen, very
few people have been caught. The
NT Police Department reports
that many thefts from NT area
bookstores are reported each year,
but in the last few years they have
made only five arrests in thefts re-
lating to stolen textbooks from the
UNT Bookstore in the University
Union, said Ed Reynolds, deputy
chief of NT Police.
The owner of Eagle Text on Fry
Street, Thai Dao, said that while
shoplifting has been a problem
for him in the past, he doesn't suf-
fer as much as some of the larger
stores.
"I think since my shop is small-
er, with smaller inventory I have
managed security very well," Dao
said. "I have caught a few kids try-
ing to steal from me and I called
the cops. These kids need to flush
out thoughts like that and think of
the consequence."
Recently Voertman's has up-
graded their security system with
new, state-of-the-art hidden cam-
eras and security detail dressed in
"street" clothes. They also make
shoppers check their backpacks
and large purses at the door.
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Scene: North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 72, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 2007, newspaper, February 16, 2007; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145427/m1/2/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.