Assistant Public Defender Offers to Write Check to Menards for Man's Allegedly Stolen Candy

A man on probation for residential burglary was accused of stealing two boxes of candy with a street value of $13 from a Menards in Evergreen Park. Peter Marcus, 24, appeared before Cook County Judge Peter Felice on a retail theft charge Aug. 26.

The assistant public defender said Marcus was in the U.S. Marine Corps for over two years.

“I will write a check to Menards,” she said.

“He’s on felony probation and he allegedly takes two boxes of candy,” Judge Felice said as he set bail at $30,000. “Those are very expensive boxes of candy, allegedly.”

The judge set bail at $30,000.