Crime & Safety
Thief Escapes Walmart But Tracked Down & Collared by Cops: Police
The Orland Park man also had a suspended driver's license, police said.
An Orland Park man escaped the New Lenox Walmart with more than $400 worth of electronics but was tracked down and captured by the cops, police said.
Jeffrey Kurinec, 28, of 16508 Lee St was taken into custody shortly before 6 p.m. June 19.
An officer sent to the East Lincoln Highway superstore was reportedly told Kurinec had taken off but was provided with a description and the license plate number of the car he fled in.
"The officer located the vehicle and conducted a stop," police said.
The officer was told "Kurinec took electronics valued at over $450 and placed them in a bag and left the store without paying for the merchandise," police said.
Kurinec was taken to the Will County jail.
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