Route 59 Walmart Thieves Go To Jail: Joliet Police

JOLIET, IL - It's been said over and over, that crime does not pay. On Sunday night, Joliet Police officers rushed to the Walmart on Route 59 where they arrested a Joliet couple in their early thirties on charges of felony retail theft.

The two accused Walmart thieves are Michael Chesnul, 31, of the 1100 block of Joliet's Oakland Avenue and Gina Wood, 31, of the same address.

At any rate, Joliet officers responded to the Route 59 retail store around 10 p.m. Sunday for a "retail theft in progress.

"Staff had advised the officers they observed Chesnul and Wood not scanning and paying for all of the items in their cart," police reports show. "Chesnul and Wood were stopped, and a check of the receipt versus all of the items in their cart showed that they only paid for a very small amount of the items that they had in their carts."

According to police, the two suspected thieves "were observed putting multiple items in their shopping bags without scanning them and therefore not paying for the items. Both Wood and Chesnul were arrested for the above offense."

Mugshot of Michael Chesnul via Will County Sheriff