Arrest Warrants Issued for Shoplifting Crew: Cops

Orland Park, IL -- Arrests warrants were issued for two people believed to be part of a shoplifting crew with a yen for hitting home improvement stores, said an Orland Park police detective.

Stephani Salzman, 33, with addresses in Calumet City, IL, and Hammond, IN, was observed by store security walking out of the Lowe’s store at 15601 S. LaGrange Road, with a tankless water heater around 1:22 p.m. May 6, the detective said.

The water heater was valued at $990. The detective told the judge that Salzman was picked out of a photo array by store security who recognized her from past thefts.

The detective has tried to reach her at her various addresses but hasn’t been able to find her, the prosecutor said.

Earlier this year, on Feb, 25 around 1:32 p.m., the detective said than an associate of Salzman’s, Daniel Jevyak ,took four boxes of dry wall screws valued at $395 out of the same Lowe’s store.

The detective said Jevyak handed the boxes of nails off to another alleged associate, 73-year-old Robert Salzman, of Calumet City, in the store parking lot.

Store security recognized the 49-year-old Jevyak, of East Chicago, IN, from past thefts, the detective said.
“They’re all part part of the same crew,” the detective added.

Bonds were issued for both alleged crew members at $10,000 each.