Crime & Safety

Alleged Wild Card Walmart Thievery: Arrested Man From Stickney This Time

A new town has been represented in the collection of alleged thieves targeting the New Lenox Walmart.

A Stickney man allegedly "consumed" something in the New Lenox Walmart without paying for it.

Michael Bean, 25, was arrested shortly after 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the East Lincoln Highway megastore.

An officer sent to the Walmart to investigate a complaint of thievery was told "Bean removed merchandise from (a) shelf and consumed the product in the store and then placed the product back on the shelf," police said.

The police did not specify what it was Bean allegedly consumed.

Bean was released after posting bond.

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