Crime & Safety
Electric Forest Festival Fan Ripped Off Ticket Seller in Starbucks Parking Lot: Cops
The thief had nice teeth and was driving a newer model car.
NEW LENOX, IL — A thief with nice teeth stole tickets to a four-day concert festival, police said.
The crook met with a woman at the parking lot of the New Lenox Starbucks about 7:30 p.m. June 6, supposedly to buy tickets for the Electric Forest Festival in Rothbury, Michigan.
The man and woman had reportedly struck a deal for the tickets on Craigslist.
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The man took the tickets from the woman, police said, but instead of paying for them, he simply ran back to his car and drove away.
The car was a newer, four-door model. Besides his nice teeth, the man also had short hair and was about 6-foot-2, police said.
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