Chicago Man, 23, & Juvenile Covered Camera, Stole Bags Full Of Cosmetics From Walgreens: New Lenox PD

NEW LENOX, IL — A Chicago man and a juvenile were charged with retail theft and burglary after New Lenox police said they covered a camera at a pharmacy in order to steal bags full of merchandise, according to police reports.

Police were called Friday to Walgreens, 450 S. Schoolhouse Road, for a retail theft complaint. A customer told police that they had seen two men acting suspiciously and obscuring a camera's view in the cosmetics section, according to police reports.

The men were gone when police arrived, but video corroborated the customer's account, showing the two suspects leaving the store without paying for an undetermined amount of goods.

Police were able to identify the registration on the suspects' vehicle. The car was later found at Aurelio's, 9901 W. Lincoln Highway, and two males matching the suspects' descriptions were found in the bathroom, according to police reports.

Police said they learned the duo may have committed a similar theft in Frankfort earlier that day, in addition to a retail theft at CVS, 115 E. Maple St., in New Lenox.

The two were identified as Marcos Contreras, 23, of Chicago, and a juvenile. A search of their vehicle yielded multiple bags containing cosmetic items.

Contreras was taken into custody and taken to the New Lenox Police Department. Police learned he had three active warrants, in Wilmette, Libertyville, and McHenry County. He was charged with retail theft and burglary, and was transferred to the Will County Jail.

The juvenile was charged with the same offenses and released, police said.