Overview
- Christopher Slawek, 25, and Michael Brown, 51, face felony retail theft charges after a reported grab-and-go at the Lululemon store on North Southport Avenue that occurred Sunday around 5:15 p.m.
- The pair arrived in a Honda minivan, went into the store, filled bags with merchandise, and left without paying, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.
- Members of the sheriff’s retail theft task force spotted the men carrying bags, and officers arrested Slawek on North Greenview Avenue and Brown on West Addison Street after brief foot chases.
- Police recovered two bags holding 118 Lululemon items valued at $9,384, then found the minivan on North Ashland Avenue with roughly another $9,000 in goods from other stores.
- Officials said Slawek also had outstanding retail theft warrants from Cook, DuPage, and Will counties, highlighting an ongoing push by the sheriff’s task force to target repeat retail theft.