Shoplifter At Kohl's On Route 59 Uses Emergency Exit For His Escape: Joliet Police

JOLIET, IL — A 40-year-old Joliet man who lists his address as the Stepping Stones Treatment Center on Theodore Street finds himself back in the Will County Jail for the fourth time since November 2022. This week, Joliet police took Andrew Hare into custody on charges of retail theft, retail theft using the emergency exit and multiple outsanding Will County arrest warrants.

According to Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English, back on Nov. 3, the officers responded to the Kohls store at 2501 Route 59 for a past tense retail theft.

Officers learned that a man, later identified as Hare, had entered the store in the early evening hours of Oct. 30 and stole over $400 worth of clothes before leaving the store through the emergency doors, activating an alarm, English revealed.

Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Hare on Nov. 24 for retail theft. This week, Hare was placed into custody without incident at 12:40 a.m. Dec. 2., after being spotted at one of the hotels in the 1700 block of McDonough Street.

English said Hare already had three active Will County warrants out for his arrest for failing to appear in court on previous charges of retail theft, possession of methamphetamine and aggravated assault.

Hare was processed at the Joliet Police Station and taken over to the Will County Adult Detention Facility because of all the warrants.