Crime & Safety
$60,000 Bail Set for Wheeling Woman Who Snatched Chilled Heineken from Garage
Lidia Zuradzka has a history of trying to steal alcoholic beverages from Wheeling homes.

WHEELING, IL - A Wheeling woman is sitting in jail after she walked into a garage in Wheeling last week and took a chilled Heineken, the Daily Herald reports. The stolen beer will cost her after a judge set her bail at $60,000, which means she must post at least 10 percent to be released from jail.
Lidia Zuradzka has been charged with residential burglary following her Aug. 16 arrest and remained in custody as of Monday morning, according to online jail records.
This is not the first time Zuradzka has gotten in trouble after she let her quest for beer get the best of her. In June 2014, police said Zuradzka entered a stranger's home through an unlocked door, according to a 2014 Daily Herald article. A female homeowner came downstairs to find Zuradzka in her living room, holding a beer that had been on a table. The homeowner asked her what she was doing and Zuradzka replied, "I want beer," the Daily Herald reports.
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A similar incident happened in May 2014 when Zuradzka entered a home in the 1200 block of Quincy Court in Wheeling where she was asked to leave by the residents but kept returning and asking for alcoholic beverages, according to a Journal & Topics article.
She was charged with criminal trespassing after police found her in an open garage and took her into custody following a short chase, according to the article.
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