Two teenagers are facing charges after investigators say they recovered more than $5,200 in cosmetics and other merchandise stolen from an Ulta Beauty in Norridge, along with a stolen car that tried to make a run for it on the interstate.
According to Cook County sheriff’s police, a group fled the store in a 2021 Acura that had been reported stolen. The car was tracked onto I-55, where authorities say a sheriff’s helicopter followed it to the 4500 block of South Wood Street in Chicago. When the vehicle was finally stopped, several occupants ran, and deputies took two people into custody. The teens now face retail theft and possession of a stolen motor vehicle charges.
How deputies say the stop unfolded
In a Facebook post, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (Official) said employees at the Ulta in Norridge alerted the sheriff’s Organized Retail Crime Unit after a theft at the store on Saturday. Investigators then identified a 2021 Acura leaving the area and tried to stop it on I-55…