Record Shop Owner Guilty In Addict-Fueled Shoplifting Ring

PITTSBURGH (AP) – The owner of a since-shuttered Pittsburgh record store has pleaded guilty to using heroin addicts to shoplift books, videos, and other products that he then resold online.
Fifty-one-year-old Anthony Cicero pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of organized retail theft in return for state prosecutors dropping more serious charges, including running a corrupt organization, also known as racketeering.
State prosecutors alleged Cicero sold more than $2 million worth of stole