Crime & Safety

Woman Arrested After a Year of Stealing from K-Mart

A loss prevention officer said she'd stolen items totaling more than $500 in value.

A K-Mart loss prevention officer reported to Elmhurst police that a woman has been stealing items from the store for more than year and a half, totaling more than $500 in value.

Erica J Bustillos, 21 of the 10100 block of Dickens Avenue in Melrose Park, was arrested for retail theft after police reviewed surveillance footage of the thefts, according to Elmhurst police.

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