'Tis the Season for Retail Theft

You didn't think we'd get through the 2012 holiday season without at least one terrible overdone "'Tis the Season" headline, did you?

Here's a roundup of of a couple recent retail thefts.

Retail Theft—Someone took a Transparente brand, v-neck woman’s shirt from Sandra Webster, LTD, 209 W. State St., sometime between 3:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Dec. 4, Geneva police reports said. According to reports, the proprietor noticed someone leave the store and walk west. When the proprietor went to the rack where the shopper had been, she noticed an empty hanger on the rack. The shirt was valued at $195. The offender is described as a white female, about 50 years old, 5-feet, 6-inches tall with an average build wearing a black sweater with a white shirt and carrying a caramel-colored bag. 

Retail Theft—Tracy L. Krahn, 46, of the 10N900 block of Maple St., Elgin, was cited at 1:01 p.m. Dec. 11 at Meijer, 855 S. Randall Road, with retail theft. According to police, Krahn was detained by the store’s loss prevention officer after existing the store with a half pound of raw shrimp and a package of foam hair color. The combined value of the two items was $18.87. She was released pending a Dec. 27 appearance in Kane County Branch Court.

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