DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. (CBS) — Four women and a teenage girl were charged in two separate incidents in which they stole merchandise from an Oak Brook department store Friday evening.
Shavaughn Johnson and D’Errika Thrasher, both 18, of Chicago, and Alanah Booker, 22, of Naperville, each appeared in court Saturday charged with one count of burglary and one count of shoplifting. Johnson was also charged with one count of aggravated battery on a police officer.
A 16-year-old girl was charged with one count of shoplifting and one count of burglary at the police station and was released into the custody of her mother.
In an unrelated incident, Darnella Williams, 19, of Maywood, was charged with one count of burglary and one count of shoplifting and released on her own recognizance.
The office said around 8:35 p.m. Friday that four individuals, later identified as Johnson, Thrasher, Booker and the teenage girl, entered the Oak Brook Nordstrom Rack store in the 2100 block of West 22nd Street. The group allegedly took numerous items of clothing, perfume and Mark Jacobs gift boxes totaling more than $300 and left the store. Oak Brook police officers took all four into custody outside the store.
It is further alleged that when an officer took Johnson into custody, she fought with the officer, punching him in the chest and biting him on the right bicep.
In a separate incident, it is alleged that just after 7pm on the same day, Williams entered the same store with an empty car seat. She allegedly placed $716.87 worth of merchandise, including clothing and cosmetics, in the car seat, placed a blanket over it and left the store. She was confronted by a loss prevention officer outside the store and taken into custody a short time later.
“I want to make it perfectly clear that as we are now in the heart of the holiday season, we will not tolerate any conduct in DuPage County that disrupts our operations or threatens public safety,” said State’s Attorney Robert Berlin.
Johnson, Thrasher and Booker are due back in court on January 6. Williams is due back in court for arraignment on January 10.
As a condition of their release, the suspects are prohibited from entering the Oak Brook Nordstrom Rack store.
