Three Arrests for Retail Theft Made at Kohl's

Retail Theft Arrests
Lizbeth M. Cedillo, 35, 840 N. Eastland, Elmhurst, was arrested and charged with retail theft after an incident at Kohl's, 303 S. Route 83, at 1:56 p.m. Sept. 15. Cedillo reportedly was seen on surveillance camera taking jewelry worth about $165. She was released on bond.

Elsa Feruli, 27, 1028 S. York Road #3N, Bensenville, was arrested and charged with retail theft after she allegedly took $327.66 worth of clothing and toys from Kohl's, 303 S. Route 83, at 1:44 p.m. Sept. 19. She was released on bond.

Jacquelyn Lomelli, 18, 639 N. York St., was arrested and cited under city ordinance for retail theft after she allegedly stole $178.71 worth of jewelry and clothing from Kohl's, 303 S. Route 83, at 4 p.m. Sept. 21. She was released after posting bond.

Theft

A resident of the 300 block of Ferndale lost items he purchased during an online game, due to a scam. He told police he plays the game Runescape, which requires items to be purchased in order to advance to the next level. He said he's purchased multiple items over the course of a few years, valued at more than $200. At 1:33 p.m. Sept. 17, he received a call from someone claiming he qualified for a free cape based on his multiple purchases. The victim figured the call was legitimate based on the amount of information the caller had about him. The victim gave the caller access to his account, and when he later logged on, all of his purchases were eliminated.

Someone stole a $250 Samsung Galaxy touch screen cell phone from an unlocked locker in the main gym at Immaculate Conception High School, 217 S. Cottage Hill Ave., between 3 and 5 p.m. Sept. 12. Other items, such as a wallet and personal effects, were still in the locker.

Three lawn chairs worth $100 apiece were taken from a home on the 200 block of Highland between 8 and 8:30 a.m. Sept. 11. The owner said she left the chairs at a block party the day before and was returning to pick them up. The chairs had her name on them and were left at the curb; when she went to get them, they were gone.

Someone took a cell phone from a table at Goodwill, 675 W. North Ave., at 12:10 p.m. Sept. 13.

Someone removed an Apple iPod from a backpack in a locker room at York High School, 355 W. St. Charles Road, between 2:20 and 2:30 p.m. Sept. 6.

Someone removed a wallet from a purse in an office at Elmhurst College, 190 S. Prospect Ave., between 10:45 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. Sept. 15. The wallet contained a drivers license, credit cards and $45.

Someone removed a Lenovo laptop computer worth $800 from a vehicle parked on the 800 block of Kirk Avenue between 3:30 p.m. Sept. 13 and 7:30 a.m. Sept. 14.

Someone broke the passenger window of a vehicle parked at 200 N. Berteau between 7:20 and 10:30 a.m. Sept. 16. The victim's purse was on the ground, but nothing appeared to be missing.

Someone broke the window of a vehicle parked on the 200 block of North Addison between 6:50 and 10:45 a.m. Sept. 16. A Dell computer case and notebook were taken. The items were later located at the Home Depot in Northlake.

Someone used the Fifth Third Bank Mastercard of a resident on the 300 block of West St. Charles Road to make several purchases at Walmart totaling about $700. The incident was reported Sept. 13.

A cab driver reported that he picked up a subject from Chicago and drove him to the 100 block of Avon at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 16. After pulling up to the location, the suspect got out of the cab and ran away. Total loss of services is $51.40.

Someone changed the billing address for the Discover card of a resident on the 400 block of Emery Lane to an address in Wisconsin. The victim realized it when he attempted to pay a Netflix bill and the required Zip Code did not match.

After police received a call for a stolen purse at Elmhurst College, 190 S. Prospect Ave., they learned witnesses saw the suspect, and he had left the scene. He was wearing a plaid winter jacket and sandals and carrying a backpack. Police discovered that several purses had been stolen from the cafeteria between 2:30 and 3:15 p.m. Sept. 19 and were dumped in the women's washroom. Wallets, cell phones and credit cards were taken.

Someone stole a purse from a car parked at Elmhurst Animal Care, 850 S. Riverside Drive, between 3:40 and 3:57 p.m. Sept. 20. The purse contained a Blackberry with GPS enabled. It was tracked to the parking lot of Noodles and Co. in Oak Brook. The purse was located near a dumpster in the parking lot. An iPod Nano had been removed from it.

The resident of a home on the 300 block of East Huntington Lane came to the police station at 3 p.m. Sept. 21 and said someone entered his home on Aug. 17 and removed a Nintendo game system and 25 games.

A resident of the 100 block of South Street told police his ID protection company had called him Sept. 20 to let him know someone had called Chase Bank purporting to be the victim and asking that a new VISA card be issued on his account. The victim had not made the request.

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