{"id":1965824,"date":"2023-07-06T16:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T20:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grocery-store-employee-reveals-thieves-identity-with-one-smooth-move-gets-ugly-news-at-start-of-his-next-shift\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T16:26:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T20:26:49","slug":"grocery-store-employee-reveals-thieves-identity-with-one-smooth-move-gets-ugly-news-at-start-of-his-next-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grocery-store-employee-reveals-thieves-identity-with-one-smooth-move-gets-ugly-news-at-start-of-his-next-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Grocery store worker uncovers thieves&#8217; identity, receives bad news at next shift."},"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%2Fgrocery-store-employee-reveals-thieves-identity-with-one-smooth-move-gets-ugly-news-at-start-of-his-next-shift%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=1965824&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>Grocery Store Employee Reveals Thieves&#8217; Identity with One Smooth Move, Gets Ugly News at Start of His Next Shift<\/h2>\n<p>A Colorado employee who bravely and conscientiously helped catch a group of shoplifters at his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-year-of-living-fearfully\/\" title=\"The Year of Living Fearfully\">grocery store<\/a> last week found that helping do the right thing has negative consequences in an age where woke corporations reign.<\/p>\n<p>On June 18, Santino Burrola, an employee at a King Soopers store in Centennial, Colorado \u2014 a southern suburb of Denver \u2014 was alerted that three men were trying to steal what turned out to be nearly $500 worth of laundry detergent, in another example of the rampant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lowes-attempts-thwart-rampant-theft-developing-high-tech-system-invisible-customers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retail theft<\/a> engulfing the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure enough, when I looked there was a guy already half-headed out with a cart full of laundry detergent scent boosters what have you,\u201d Burrola said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/king-soopers-employee-fired-video-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KCNC-TV<\/a> in Denver.<\/p>\n<p>Adding that, \u201cMy first instinct was to record,\u201d Burrola said she pulled out his cell phone and followed the trio of thieves making off with their stolen merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>Burrola followed the men outside and recorded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desperate-nyc-stores-turn-surprising-new-tactic-attempt-stop-rampant-theft-dogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thieves<\/a> as they shoveled the loot into a black Chevy Trax in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally bro? You gotta resort to this? The economy\u2019s not that bad,\u201d Burrola can be heard saying in the video.<\/p>\n<p>Burrola also noted that after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/target-takes-extreme-measures-desperate-bid-stop-shoplifting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shoplifters<\/a> got into their car, he ran up behind the vehicle and in one smooth move tore off the tin foil that was covering the license plate and filmed that, too.<\/p>\n<p>After the car was driven off, Burrola called the police and reported the theft.<\/p>\n<h3>The Arapahoe County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced that they were looking for a man who goes by \u201cRobert\u201d with dark brown hair and a mustache. They added that the man seen wearing a Superman shirt and baseball cap is known as \u201cBugsy,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/suspect-search-shoplifters-stealing-300-500-laundry-detergent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KCNC<\/a> reported.<\/h3>\n<p>But the man who owns the car seen in the video was arrested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigators have already identified and arrested the driver, Jorge Pantoja, 32, the man in the green shirt,\u201d the Arapahoe Sherriff\u2019s Office said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arapahoegov.com\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=3049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cPantoja is currently in custody at the Adams County Detention Facility on unrelated felony charges. He has also been charged with Theft\/Shoplifting, a Class 2 Misdemeanor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, Burrola, a former military police officer, got an unwelcome surprise after posting the video of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/walmart-ceo-warns-woke-prosecutors-will-soon-force-stores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retail theft<\/a> to TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of his next shift, not long after Burrola\u2019s video went viral and the police arrested the first culprit, his boss called him into a meeting, KCNC added.<\/p>\n<p>His boss suspended him immediately pending other actions. And a week later, the company fired him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supermarket-worker-fired-after-filming-people-steal-500-of-laundry-detergent\/\" title=\"Supermarket employee sacked for recording 0 detergent theft.\">union rep sat<\/a> down with them and they [King Soopers] recommended termination and so I got fired that day,\u201d Burrola told the CBS affiliate.<\/p>\n<p>Burrola was told that King Soopers\u2019 owner, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kroger-issues-warning-inflation-balloons-beyond-companys-predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kroger<\/a>, has a rule against employees trying to deal with shoplifters. So, he was fired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I did was just record criminals and reveal them!\u201d he said, lamenting that he could be fired for doing what he felt was the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope this changes the policy, in the handbook or the shoplifting policy and gives power back to retail workers like myself,\u201d Burrola concluded.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, King Soopers blathered out some empty platitudes about Burrola\u2019s firing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are disappointed by the increased level of crime across retail establishments and the impact these incidents have on our associates and customers. We remain committed to working in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\" title=\"President Trump pledges orderly transition of power\">local law enforcement<\/a> to address this issue, as safety remains a top priority,\u201d the company said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have security measures in place to help prevent crime and de-escalate such confrontations to minimize the risk to our associates. While we are unable to comment on personnel matters, we value our hardworking associates and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-leaders-hold-press-conference-on-afghanistan\/\" title=\"House GOP leaders hold press conference on Afghanistan\">safe return home<\/a>,\u201d they concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Burrola, though, is undaunted. Despite being accused of being a racist for attacking the Hispanic thieves, he said he\u2019d do the same thing again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t see color when I confronted them, I\u2019ve seen criminals, white, black, brown, purple, it didn\u2019t matter, a crime was being committed and wrong is wrong and a crime is a crime,\u201d he said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/06\/king-soopers-employee-santino-burrola-fired-after-recording-shoplifters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me tell you something, if something is happening right in front of me, I\u2019m gonna make it my business,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/dgsw6-recover-lost-wages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GoFundMe page<\/a> was started to help Burrola recover some lost wages and help fund his move from Colorado to Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The grocery store can moan about the rampant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberal-city-loses-major-retailer-company-pulls-stores-area\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retail theft<\/a> all they want, but if they are going to put on an air of permissiveness to such crimes, how can they cry about it? And how can they be so callous as to fire a conscientious employee who wants to stop it?<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, that is where we have come to in America today, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grocery-store-employee-reveals-thieves-identity-with-one-smooth-move-gets-ugly-news-at-start-of-his-next-shift\/\" title=\"Grocery store worker uncovers thieves' identity, receives bad news at next shift.\">ultra-woke corporations turn<\/a> a blind eye to the retail theft that is costing this county billions a year and fostering an atmosphere of placating criminality.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/grocery-store-employee-reveals-thieves-identity-one-smooth-move-gets-ugly-news-start-next-shift\/\">Grocery Store Employee Reveals Thieves&#8217; Identity with One Smooth Move, Gets Ugly News at Start of His Next Shift<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Colorado employee at a King Soopers store in Centennial, Santino Burrola, faced repercussions for his brave act of catching shoplifters. In today&#8217;s era of woke corporations, doing the right thing can have negative consequences. Despite his conscientiousness, Burrola experienced the downside of helping, highlighting the challenges faced by individuals in such situations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":1965825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1965824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1965824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1965825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}