The clerk called the business owner before dialing 911, police said.
The man stole the package as city detectives watched him Friday afternoon, authorities said.
The suspect was arrested shortly afterward. He was found in tall grass next to the Prairie Path.
Police responded to a call about men seeking donations at a grocery store, police said.
New videos reveal the identified problems with the police department's building.
A man was arrested after striking someone else during an argument, police said.
People are asked to give donations via their credit cards, authorities said.
A tequila bottle was found in the car he was driving, police said. He was charged with DUI.
In another case, a woman was cited for burning of documents in the middle of the street, police said.
He was charged a day after he was said to have choked an employee.
Officers interrupted a burglary in progress and arrested the man, authorities said.
In another case, a landlord told officers that a tenant pushed her.
In another case, burning food prompts the fire department's response, authorities said.
In one case, a man threw a cardboard box at another person, authorities said.
The woman was advertising prostitution services, police said.
The man was accused of pointing a gun at someone else at a gas station.
In both cases, men struck women during arguments, authorities said.
A mail carrier was bitten by a dog while delivering on her route, police said.
This could be the second such case in recent months at the firm.
The company has had its share of police calls over the last couple of years.
He twice attacked a woman, once while she was pregnant, police say. He was first charged five years ago.
In another case, a warrant was issued for a person who shoved another in a domestic disturbance, police said.
In other cases, retail thieves repeatedly target an Elmhurst store, police said.
The woman has gotten in trouble at two local grocery stores, authorities said.
Officers were responding to a fight in a local neighborhood, authorities said.
The driver was fleeing from a burglary of a vape shop in Berkeley, police said.
In another case, an unlocked car was stolen in an Elmhurst neighborhood, authorities said.
He spray-painted the garage door and threw a brick at a window, police said.
He has twice violated his release terms since his domestic battery arrest, police said.
The city plans to deploy more cameras to deal with the problem.
A scammer posing as a neighbor targeted a resident with a gift card scam.
In another case, a customer was the victim of a distract-and-steal scam, authorities said.
The 58-year-old homeowner was charged after youths were suspected to be drinking, authorities said.
The man told officers that armed people forced him to drink, police said.
The man said he represents "white power" in his choice of shoelaces, according to a police report.
The driver was wanted on a previous road rage incident, authorities said.
The pursuit started on Butterfield Road in Lombard, authorities said.
In another case, officers were called after a person refused to leave the hospital.
In another case, a woman was arrested on burglary and retail theft charges for an April incident, authorities said.
A day before, the carrier told police about a dog that charged at him.