2 Charged After Raid Of Tinley Home, $150K In Stolen Goods Recovered

TINLEY PARK, IL — Two men were arrested and charged, after the Cook County Sheriff's Department descended on a Tinley Park home as part of an organized retail theft investigation.

On Tuesday, April 9, the Sheriff’s Police Community Safety Team’s (CST) Organized Retail Crimes Taskforce Investigators executed a search warrant at a home in the 17600 block of 71st Avenue.

Investigators suspected Adnan Turshan, 27, and Hasan Tarshan, 28, of stealing thousands of dollars' worth of over the counter products to then re-sell them online, the Cook County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday.

During their investigation, CST investigators learned that the two men had stolen thousands of dollars’ worth of over the counter products and resold them on the internet. In a search of the home, investigators found approximately $150,765 in stolen merchandise, authorities said.

Investigators learned that the men would travel out of state, steal from retail stores, and then return to Illinois with the stolen merchandise to sell via online marketplaces, officials said.

Turshan, Tarshan and four additional co-conspirators were taken into custody without incident.

The recovered items were confirmed to have been stolen from various retail locations in several states.

On Thursday, April 11, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved felony charges of theft, stolen $100,000-$500,000 for both men. They appeared at the Markham Courthouse on Friday, April 12, where a judge ordered them to be released on pretrial adult probation services.