Organized Retail Crime Conference

2025 Organized Retail Crime Conference

Presented by: Maryland Retailers Alliance (MRA) and Mid Atlantic Organized Retail Crime Alliance (MAORCA)

When: Thursday, June 12, 2025 8:00am-4:00pm

Where: Taylor House Office Building, Rooms 170 & 180, 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, MD 21401


Please enter through the public entrance on Bladen Street, and be prepared to provide identification and comply with x-ray bag scan and metal detector requirements. Upon proceeding through security, Rooms 170 and 180 are at the end of the hallway to the right.


Public parking is available nearby at the Calvert Street Garage, John Whitmore Parking Garage, Gott's Court Garage, and Hillman Garage.

Conference Programming

Content may be subject to change


Speaker biographies can be downloaded here

  • 8:00am Registration & Networking with light breakfast provided by Sam's Club


  • 9:00am Opening Remarks and Keynote
  • Zachary Norfolk, Chief of the Investigations & Prosecutions Support Unit, Maryland Office of the Attorney General
  • Megan Mickler, Assistant Attorney General, Maryland Office of the Attorney General
  • Cailey Locklair, President, Maryland Retailers Alliance


  • 10:00am Retail Crime to Real Crime: Mid Atlantic Organized Retail Crime Alliance Aligning Forces, Advancing Cases
  • Jeff Meyer, Vice President, MAORCA; Global Investigator and Senior Manager, Walmart Global Investigations


  • 10:30am Consumer Fraud Investigations
  • Eder Abad, Special Agent, United States Secret Service
  • Glorivee Mendoza, Senior Investigative Analyst, United States Secret Service
  • William E. Kearney II, Lead Investigator, United States Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
  • Townsend Brown, Senior Manager, State Affairs, Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)


  • 12:00pm Lunch provided by Harris Teeter


  • 1:00pm Fence Case Preparation and Closure
  • Corporal Colgan Wilson, Hampton, Virginia Division of Police


  • 2:00pm International Association for Identification - Interviewing Best Practices
  • Jeff Teator, Board Member - International Association of Interviews (IAI) Northeast Chapter; Senior Manager of Loss Prevention, URBN Inc.


  • 2:30pm Marketplace/OSINT Investigations
  • James Ramm, Director of Intelligence and Investigations, IP House
  • Thomas Fahey, Senior Software Engineer, IP House


  • 3:30pm Open Forum

  • 4:00pm End of Program

Registration is now closed. Thank you for you interest.

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