Florida attorney general announces organized retail theft task force to 'cut red tape'

A new Retail Theft Investigative Special Task Force, launched Friday by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, is designed to help coordinate prosecutions across multiple jurisdictions for those who participate in organized retail theft. The AG’s news conference took place at a Jacksonville Home Depot, and Uthmeier used a recent crackdown of an organized retail theft ring targeting Home Depot stores as an example of why the task force is needed.