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the orland park prairie | December 8, 2016 | 11
Police Reports
Duo allegedly takes headphones on
four occasions before getting caught
Alycia J. Widlacki, 31, of
17330 Tamar Lane in Tinley
Park, and Christopher J.
Widlacki, 34, of 1219 Cedarwood
Drive, were each
charged Nov. 11 with two
counts of retail theft greater
than $300 and two counts of
retail theft fewer than $300
after they allegedly tried to
take headphones on four
occasions from a store at
Orland Square. Both were
being sought for three prior
thefts from the same store
when they entered Nov. 11,
and Christopher concealed
a pair of headphones valued
at $349.95 in a bag held by
Alycia and tried to leave
the store, police said. They
also reportedly took one
pair of headphones valued
at $299.95, one pair of headphones
valued at $299.95
and two pairs of headphones
valued at a total of $599.90
from the same store over the
course of a month.
Nov 18
• Lisa M. Pietrzyk, 24, of
9750 Ravinia Lane in Orland
Park, was charged with retail
theft after she allegedly tried
to take three makeup items
valued at a total of $98 from
a department store at Orland
Square. She reportedly took
the items off shelves, concealed
them in her purse and
tried to leave the store.
Nov. 13
• Zachary L. Stronach, 23, of
661 Kruk St. in Lemont, was
charged with retail theft after
he allegedly tried to take
three T-shirts valued at a
total of $105 from a department
store at Orland Square.
He reportedly left with the
shirts but was spotted in a
vehicle outside the store.
Jakub T. Witkowski, 19, of
871 Schultz St. in Lemont,
was charged with possession
of stolen property and illegal
possession of alcohol by
a minor, after he allegedly
took one of the T-shirts from
Stronach, knowing it had
been stolen. Police reportedly
spotted Witkowski in
the driver’s seat of the vehicle,
taking a sip of beer, and
found a 30-pack of beer with
eight unopened cans inside it
in the trunk, along with the
T-shirts.
Nov. 8
• Tier Vanessa Spencer, 19,
of 16111 Emerald Ave. in
Harvey, was charged with
felony retail theft after she
allegedly tried to take items
on two separate dates valued
at a total of $769.50 from a
department store at Orland
Square, where she worked.
She allegedly conspired
with a co-worker to take the
items on Oct. 25 and Oct.
30. On Oct. 25, she brought
clothing to a cashier terminal
where the other employee
was working, police said.
The items were scanned,
their sensors were removed
and they were placed in a
bag, police added. The cashier
rang up six items but
deleted five before charging
Spencer only $2.20 for the
items, before Spencer left
the store with them, police
said.
On Oct. 30, the other
employee brought items to
Spencer at a cashier terminal,
police said. Spencer
reportedly scanned nine
items but only charged the
employee for a candy bar
valued at $2.20, removed the
security sensors and placed
the items in a bag, deleting
the other eight from the sale.
That employee placed them
in a security closet and later
collected them, police said.
The same day, Spencer
brought more items to a
terminal, and the other employee
rang up five items but
deleted four, leaving Spencer
to pay only $2.20 for one
item, police said. Spencer
reportedly put the bag in a
storage closet and later collected
it.
Editor’s note: The Orland Park
Prairie’s police reports come
from the Orland Park Police
Department. Anyone listed in
these reports is considered to
be innocent of all charges until
proven guilty in a court of law.