Crime & Safety

73 Four Packs of Red Bull = $75,000 Bond: Cops

The man was jailed for stealing 292 cans of Red Bull, police said.

NEW LENOX, IL — A Joliet man rolled a shopping cart loaded with 73 four packs of Red Bull out of the New Lenox Walmart but was apprehended and arrested, police said.

Nicholas Thompson, 26, filled up the shopping cart with Red Bull, police said, then tried to make his getaway on the afternoon of Aug. 23.

Thompson was taken to the Will County jail and his bond was set at $75,000. He remains in custody.

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