Something similar to this happened in a major supermarket here in Las Vegas and ONLY ME was the major factor in capturing one of them.
The two criminals found a lawyer and sued the store and got $100,000 each because the store didn't want that publicity.
I'm told that this happens frequently simply because of the adverse publicity or simply because it could be more expensive to pursue it in a court of law.
There's gotta be a lesson here someplace.