The Pros and Cons of Taking Peanut M&Ms From Target

Jeff Butler pulled a knife from his waistband and swiped at the employee's arms, assuming cutting him. Police arrested Butler shortly thereafter, and charged him with aggravated battery burglary and aggravated assault. But there is an interesting wrinkle here in that target is pushing this is something that happened as part of an increase in theft impacting retail workers. Retail thefts are up. There were 1773 reports of retail theft in 2022, which is up from around 1100 in 2021 and 900 in 2020.