Five convicted shoplifters are learning what Lindsay Lohan already knows: getting caught stealing is a great way to attract fame. For the fourth consecutive Christmas, the Staten Island Mall is showing a digital ad featuring the mugshots of five convicted shoplifters, running on a loop on kiosks in the mall. The thieves aren't named, but on New Year's Day they'll be herded into stocks outside the mall, where shoppers will be encouraged to throw rotten eggs and moldy fruit at them. CORRECTION: That's not true. However, the thieves are featured in this video, which uses a soundtrack that will sound familiar to fans of the shoplifter porn genre. more ›

If you can't beat them, publicly shame them. That's the strategy that Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan is using at the shoplifting-plagued Staten Island Mall, where for the second year in a row his office has created a commercial showing the mug shots of five repeat offenders convicted of petty larceny, according to the Advance. "Want to be famous? Shoplift in this mall and you could have your face right here," reads the 15-second ad, which will air every six minutes on 11 different screens in the New Springville shopping center, the Post reports. "Stealing from any merchant at the Staten Island Mall is a crime. You will be PROSECUTED." more ›

If the the tanking economy or decline in Santas and Christmas trees isn't enough to take the yuletide spirit out of your holiday shopping this year, a mall in Staten Island has found a new way to spruce itself up for the season: putting up mug shots of shoplifters. The Staten Island Mall is giving everyone a look at thieves who were caught stealing there by placing the crooks' photographs up on advertising boards throughout it. DA Daniel Donovan has developed a program that digitally mixes the images of shoplifters in with ads for shops within the mall. more ›