Police: Burglar Breaks Into BMW, Thieves Snatch Fake Cigs, Heroin User Steals TVs

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7

Burglar Breaks Into BMW

Sometime between 10 a.m. Dec. 1 and 8 a.m. Dec. 7, someone entered an unlocked 2006 BMW sedan that was parked in the 7400 block of West 159th Place in . The owner of the vehicle admitted that he doesn't lock his car, according to the report. Missing were three credit cards, a driver's license, a black leather wallet and a Social Security card. 

TUESDAY, DEC. 6

Thieves Snatch Fake Cigs

 An employee at a local tobacco shop said that around 7:20 p.m., two men came into his store and stole a box of electronic cigarettes. The two entered together and one of them asked for a box of cigs that was on a back shelf. The clerk grabbed the smokes and turned back around to see the other man already walking out the door. He then noticed that electronic cigarettes were missing from the counter, according to the report. They were packaged for individual sale at $7.99 each, and had a total retail value of $95.88.  have video surveillance of the duo and the clerk recognized one of the men from a previous crime in which he used a stolen credit card at the store. 

SUNDAY, NOV. 27

Heroin User Steals TVs

recently arrested an out-of-towner who they said tried nonchalantly walking out of a local store with two TV sets he hadn't paid for.

Larnell Thomas, 46, of the 13400 block of Ridgeway Avenue in Robbins, was arrested around 1:30 p.m. at Menards, 6851 W. 159th St., . A manager at the store called the cops when he saw Thomas place a 32-inch LCD television and a 40-inch LCD television into his shopping cart before wheeling it past the checkout counters, according to the report. 

He reportedly then exited the east doors of the store before being stopped by the manager. The manager asked Thomas if he had a receipt for the TVs and Thomas said he didn't have a receipt but planned to return the merchandise for a refund.

Police said Thomas agreed to reenter the store and although he tried walking away from staff, he eventually was placed in the security office.

"The suspect advised … that he was a recovering heroin user but was stealing the TVs to sell for money for Christmas," the report said.

Thomas' wife stopped by the police department to bring him medication he'd been taking for his heroin addiction, according to the report. He was charged with one count of felony retail theft. 

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