Theft

A Tazwell County man is accused of stealing more than $725 worth of merchandise from the Bloomingdale Best Buy, prosecutors said.

An alert Lake County Sheriff’s deputy investigating the theft of a boat was able to follow up leads and arrest a suspect within days, police said.

Charges have been filed against two Chicago women for allegedly stealing more than $1,150 worth of merchandise from the Oak Brook Ulta Beauty store, prosecutors said.

Five men have been charged with participating in a video gaming theft ring that stole more than $100,000 across numerous counties, including Cook, Will, Kane and Kendall.

The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country

The Illinois State Police issued a warning on Thursday to Illinois resident of scammers calling and impersonating ISP officers to steal personal financial information.

A Sandwich man has been charged following an investigation by the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office into items being sold on an online marketplace that were related to the theft of several off-road motorcycles in unincorporated Oswego.

Another man was charged this week in Whiteside County Court in connection with a string of area burglaries that occurred in October.

A man is in custody after stealing a car in Volo and leading police on a chase, police said.

Three or four oversized decorative bells were taken sometime between Nov. 22 and 23.

The Illinois State Police is targeting vehicle theft, hijacking, and related violence crimes

A Dixon woman who investigators say scammed an elderly woman out of more than $70,000 by lying to her about her granddaughter is facing three to seven years in prison, plus restitution, on each of two theft charges.

A Rock Falls woman wanted in Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties, as well as several states, for failing to appear on a variety of low-level felony and misdemeanor offenses dating back at least four years, was arrested this week in Rock Falls.

A Sterling man with a long history of felony convictions in Whiteside County is facing four fresh sets of theft and burglary charges, on top of the two other open cases already filed, one of which also accuses him of burglary.

A 56-year-old Sterling man is charged in Whiteside County Court with stealing $17,460 from the First United Methodist Church FISH Food Pantry.

A judge allowed the felony convictions vacated for former Joliet Police Officer Brian Nagra, who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $10,000 by submitting false time sheets. Nagra's attorney says his client will still have his police pension.

Antioch Police Chief Geoffrey Guttschow is alerting residents after several instances of car thieves canvassing Antioch neighborhoods.

The Grundy County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday that Jonathan P. Ballard, 34, Riverton, was arrested in relation to the October 24, 2022 burglary of cash from a gaming machine at EJ Karz Bar and Grill in unincorporated Verona.

Former Joliet financial advisor Ron Molo must also pay $710,308 to Edward Jones. A prosecutor quoted one victim who was disgusted they trusted someone who "knowingly took my wife’s deceased father’s inheritance without batting an eye."

Last year, a Joliet man had pleaded guilty to robbery and was sentenced to serve 50% of a three-year prison sentence, court records show. He was arrested over the weekend after he was accused of possessing PCP.

A New Lenox gun shop owner was back in jail on new charges accusing him fraudulently obtaining two Ford Broncos worth $144,830 and burglarizing the Frankfort dealership that owned the vehicles.

The man was suspected of stealing multiple blank checks from an 80-year-old neighbor’s checkbook and cashing them, stealing more than $2,000 total, according Joliet police.

The owner of a New Lenox gun shop who also ran in a Republican congressional primary last year has been charged with pandemic fraud, state benefits fraud, money laundering and failing to report business income to the state.

An attorney for a former member of the Tri-County Auto Theft Task Force is seeking to know who was behind what he considered his client’s unlawful arrest.

A man was arrested in Joliet after he was accused of grabbing a woman’s purse at Harrah’s Casino, stealing cash from Aaron’s Sale and Lease and then using a stolen credit card at City Tavern, police said.

Officers deployed a Taser to apprehend a man in Joliet who was wanted on several new retail theft charges after he pleaded guilty last year to stealing wigs from a Joliet store, court records show.

During a search of a Kankakee man’s vehicle, officers in Beecher saw several suspicious items such as cut-off catalytic converters, a battery-powered reciprocating saw and several metal cutting saw blades, police said.

Four mailboxes outside the Joliet post office building on McDonough Street have been taped off. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is conducting an investigation of burglary of these mailboxes.

It is believed Daniel Horton, 36, of Kansas City, Missouri, had stolen the semi-truck following a dispute with the truck’s owner in Connecticut, Joliet police said. The vehicle was found in the parking lot of Sam's Club in Joliet.

The man was charged with stealing chicken nuggets and other food from the Dollar General store, 692 Theodore St., after intimidating an employee at the store.

John Hernandez was one of two men charged with the attempted murder of Hernandez’s the 46-year-old father on June 14.

Two Cook County men have been charged with stealing and possessing a stolen car in DuPage County on two separate occasions.

Downers Grove police are investigating an attempted vehicle theft that took place Feb. 6 in the 7400 block of Webster Street.

La Grange Park Police are investigating a Jan. 29 theft that reportedly occurred in the 500 block of Brainard Avenue.

A car thief has turned the tables on police, pulling off a heist of a squad car in Morris and theft of a weapon from that vehicle.

The Morris Police are asking for the public's help in tracking down an alleged bicycle thief who seemingly traded in one stolen bicycle for another.

Following a social media blitz that received hundreds of shares, the Morris Police Department was able to identify a suspect accused of ripping off a charity jar from a local gas station, according to the department.

The Morris Police Department is seeking the public's help identifying a woman who allegedly stole a donation jar from a local gas station.

Alexander Pantoja, 23, of Joliet was sentenced to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on Thursday with credit for two days served and was fined $357,000 with a $10 jail credit.