{"id":1939704,"date":"2023-05-27T20:21:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T00:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icymi-gutsy-shop-owner-follows-alleged-thief-onto-bus-gets-crushing-revenge-live-on-social-media\/"},"modified":"2023-05-27T20:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-28T00:26:52","slug":"icymi-gutsy-shop-owner-follows-alleged-thief-onto-bus-gets-crushing-revenge-live-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icymi-gutsy-shop-owner-follows-alleged-thief-onto-bus-gets-crushing-revenge-live-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Shop owner chases thief onto bus and gets revenge on social media."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ficymi-gutsy-shop-owner-follows-alleged-thief-onto-bus-gets-crushing-revenge-live-on-social-media%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1939704&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Gutsy Shop Owner Follows Alleged Thief Onto Bus, Gets Crushing Revenge Live on Social Media<\/h2>\n<p>A year-old video of a daring small <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/late-night-restaurant-owners-want-to-play-fair-so-far-they-say-newsom-hasnt\/\" title=\"Late-night restaurant owners want to play fair. So far, they say, Newsom hasn't\">business owner<\/a> has again gone viral, as it shows the business owner tracking and following a shoplifter onto a Houston city bus and outing her on camera as a thief.<\/p>\n<p>Sophia Romo, the owner of Erotic Cabaret, grabbed her cell phone last August and followed a woman who allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shoplifters-hit-high-end-san-francisco-store-get-away-broad-daylight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shoplifted<\/a> items from her store.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/erotic-cabaret-boutique-owner-kandy-alarcon-sophia-romos-recorded-confrontation\/12169603\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTRK-TV<\/a>, that woman was identified as Kandy Alarcon.<\/p>\n<p>While Romo did call the police, Alarcon was already walking away, so Romo followed her, even when the alleged crook got on a bus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was pissed yeah,&#8221; Romo told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/crime\/houston-shoplifting-suspect-tiktok-caught-by-owner\/285-5acbc0a6-6f85-4557-b131-065b1899fbb0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KHOU-TV<\/a> last year. &#8220;It&#8217;s literally like stealing from my house. How would you feel if someone went into your house and took $600 worth of stuff?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Romo boldly sat right down next to Alarcon on the bus and began recording a video to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/victim-turns-tables-robber-pulls-gun-neutralizes-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turn the tables<\/a> on her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height: 500px\" data-embed-height=\"500\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/facepalm\/comments\/13s4ejg\/business_owner_follows_thief_home_on_bus\/\">Business owner follows thief home on bus<\/a><br \/>\nby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Rolesium123\">u\/Rolesium123<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/facepalm\/\">facepalm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re looking at me like I&#8217;m crazy and you stole from me, the irony,&#8221; Romo said when she boarded the bus and confronted the woman.<\/p>\n<p>She also went through the woman&#8217;s bag and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indonesia-officials-say-missing-submarine-sunk-little-hope-for-survivors\/\" title=\"Indonesia officials say missing submarine sunk, little hope for survivors\">found items<\/a> from her store, but no receipts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s play a game called, &#8216;Look in the thief&#8217;s purse,'&#8221; Romo said in the video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you take from us it&#8217;s coming out of my bank account. And when you take from my bank account, employees can&#8217;t get paid,&#8221; the business owner added, accusingly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>WARNING: The following video contains language that some viewers may find offensive<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People steal all the time,&#8221; Romo said when KHOU reported the story originally as she noted how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/almost-two-dozen-major-retailers-fled-downtown-san-francisco-amid-skyrocketing-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">businesses are reeling<\/a> from retail theft. &#8220;Almost every day, which is why we&#8217;re kind of fed up with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TV show Inside Edition added that Romo called the police and they were waiting to arrest Alarcon when the accused thief got off the bus.<\/p>\n<p>Romo explained that she followed the woman because the situation during this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-shoplifting-suspects-caught-video-wearing-watermelon-disguises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shoplifting<\/a> incident was ideal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Usually, I&#8217;m not in a position to do something about it,&#8221; Romo told the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She was on foot, which a lot of times they leave, like, in vehicles, or, you know, we don&#8217;t have an opportunity to confront them. So, it was like the perfect opportunity,&#8221; Romo explained.<\/p>\n<p>Romo laughed that the other passengers had a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/icymi-gutsy-shop-owner-follows-alleged-thief-onto-bus-gets-crushing-revenge-live-on-social-media\/\" title=\"Shop owner chases thief onto bus and gets revenge on social media.\">full-blown entertaining bus ride<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The accused thief received an August 29 court date at the time. According to KTRK, Alarcon was charged with misdemeanor theft and was released on a $500 bond.<\/p>\n<p>The viral incident originally earned more than a million views last August when Romo posted the video to her TikTok account. But according to tracking website <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/newswhip\/daily-05-26-23?e=a0ed86411d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsWhip<\/a>, the story on Reddit received 35,000 interactions this Friday, so the story is heating up all over again.<\/p>\n<p>And why shouldn&#8217;t it? In a society far too comfortable with laws that coddle criminals, abjectly embarrassing and shaming shoplifters may be the next, best, and only option left.<\/p>\n<p>(The word you&#8217;re looking for to describe seeing Alarcon squirm while being interrogated in a public square is schadenfreude.)<\/p>\n<p>This business owner deserves a lot of credit for her independent, justice-loving gumption, though it is likely that police would warn against such an action for risk of the situation turning violent. Still, you really can feel for these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-to-partially-reopen-indoor-dining-in-nyc-for-valentines-day-if-positivity-rates-hold\/\" title=\"Cuomo To Partially Reopen Indoor Dining In NYC For Valentine\u2019s Day, \u2018If Positivity Rates Hold\u2019\">small business owners<\/a>, especially in big cities like Democrat-run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-houston-fires-renew-safety-debate-in-oil-friendly-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston<\/a> where shoplifting is generally ignored by prosecutors and so many businesses are being robbed into bankruptcy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video from last year of a small business owner in Houston tracking and exposing a shoplifter on camera has gone viral again. 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