Wilmington Woman Faces 2 Shoplifting Charges

WILMINGTON, IL — The Will County State's Attorney's Office filed two counts of retail theft las week against a 46-year-old Wilmington woman who authorities say stole merchandise from the Ace Hardware store in Wilmington in late September.

Will County Judge David Carlson issued an arrest warrant and set bail at $250,000 for Tonya Veenstra, a resident of the 2000 block of Roberts Road, who was not in custody as of Monday, Nov. 2.

Veenstra spent one week in the Will County Jail from Oct. 6 through Oct. 13 after the New Lenox police arrested her on unrelated charges of retail theft and theft, jail logs show.

According to the Wilmington Police Department criminal complaint, Veenstra is accused of stealing tools from the Ace Hardware on South Water Street on Sept. 22. The complaint indicates that Veenstra was also convicted in 2000 of committing a burglary in Will County. Therefore, "the defendant is hereby placed on notice that it is the intention of the people of the state of Illinois to seek an enhanced Class 4 sentence based upon the defendant's prior conviction for burglary," the court files show.