Atlanta-area teenager stole nearly $ 1 million from Kroger grocery store in 2 weeks, police say

[ad_1] A 19-year-old Atlanta-area teenager was arrested Thursday by Gwinnett County police and charged with stealing nearly $ 1 million from a Kroger grocery store. Police said Tre Brown spent two weeks creating more than 40 fake returns for more than $ 980,000 while employed at Steve Reynold Boulevard. Kroger between December and January, according … Read more

New home construction activity peaks in more than a decade, as builders rush to produce single-family homes

[ad_1] Numbers: U.S. homebuilders began building homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.67 million in December, a 5.8% increase from the previous month’s figure, the US Census Bureau reported Thursday. New housing permits were issued at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.71 million, up 4.5% from November. Compared with December 2019, housing … Read more

Federal judge blocks Parler offer to be reinstated on Amazon Web Services

[ad_1] Judge Barbara Rothstein issued a ruling Thursday saying Parler had failed to meet legal requirements for a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction. The ruling doesn’t end the litigation, but it does mean the court won’t force Amazon Web Services to allow Parler to revert to its cloud hosting platform. Amazon’s decision effectively kicked … Read more

Georgia teenager accused of defrauding $ 980B at grocery store

[ad_1] When this enterprising teenager found a job at a Georgia Kroger, he was right to work – swindling nearly a million dollars in the store during the two weeks he worked there, according to police. Gwinnett County Police said Tre Brown, 19, scammed more than $ 980,000 from a grocery store in Duluth, Ga., … Read more