CHICAGO (WGN) – Two teens have been charged after they allegedly hid in the State Street Macy’s department store after it closed and stole merchandise.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said one of the teens even mapped out the plot on paper.
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The sheriff’s office said officers were sent to the Macy’s on Monday after store employees recognized two people who were seen on surveillance camera footage emerging from inside the store on Sunday night.
The two teens took sunglasses, cologne and clothes and left the store without paying. They were arrested Monday after officers found them wearing clothes they had stolen the night before, according to investigators.
During an interview, the teens admitted to hiding in the store and taking the items. One of the teens also admitted to drawing a map of the store’s location, which also included more information about the scheme…