DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Fifteen people have been charged with stealing from DuPage County stores in a recent five-day span.
The DuPage County State Attorney's Office said the nine alleged thefts took place December 23-27.
The victimized stores were a Kohl's, a Macy's, a Target, a Walmart and two Home Depots and the stolen merchandise combined totals more than $6,800 hundred dollars.
Authorities said five of the 15 people charged are from outside Illinois, including two migrants from Venezuela.
-Kiara Harris, 33 of Chicago is accused of stealing approximately $308.55 worth of merchandise from a Glen Ellyn Walmart on December 24. When confronted by loss prevention officers, Harris allegedly fled the scene on foot. She was taken into custody by Glen Ellyn police officers a short time later at a nearby McDonald’s.
-Gheorghe Poenaru, 23 of Baltimore, Maryland and Maria Codreanu, 23 of Houston, Texas are accused of stealing approximately $972 worth of merchandise, including cosmetics, from the Elmhurst Kohl’s on December 23.
- Victor Matamoros, 25, a Venezuelan migrant staying in Chicago is accused of stealing approximately $777 worth of merchandise from the Oak Brook Macy’s on December 24. He was released from custody pending trial and has been fitted with a GPS monitoring device.
-Yonathan Barrios-Hernandez, 25, a Venezuelan migrant staying in Chicago is accused of stealing approximately $738.42 worth of merchandise from the Villa Park Target on December 24. Barrios-Hernandez was released from custody pending trial.
- Christian Perez-Aguilera, 26 of Chicago, Jose Raphael Suarez-Silva, 25 of Chicago and Deimar Elena Gomez Beomont, 27 with no known address are accused of stealing $713 worth of merchandise from the Oak Brook Macy’s on December 23. All were released from custody pending trial with Perez-Aguilera fitted with a GPS monitoring device.
-David Infante-Hernandez, 30 of Chicago, Carolina Rojas-Torres, 43 of Chicago, Marvella Rojas-Torres, 26 of Chicago,Jhonny A Valero Lozano, 34 of Chicago are accused of stealing more than $300 worth of merchandise from the Elmhurst Kohl’s on December 23.
- Mariah Jeane Puentez, 19 of East Chicago, Indiana is accused of stealing approximately $2,176.95 from a Naperville Home Depot store on December 23. Jeane Puentez was released from custody.
-Larry Hamersly, 49 of Willow Springs is accused of stealing less than $300 worth of clothing from the Elmhurst Kohl’s store on December 24. Hamersly was released from custody.
-Omar Serrano-Velasco, 36 of Stone Park is accused of stealing an Echo chainsaw valued at $629 from an Oakbrook Terrace Home Depot store on December 27. Serrano-Velasco was released from custody.
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