LA GRANGE PARK, IL – Shoplifting suspects acted as if they had a weapon over the weekend at a La Grange Park grocery store after an employee confronted them, police said.
About 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Jewel, 507 E. Woodlawn Ave., a man and a woman stole $600 worth of merchandise before an employee encountered them in the parking lot, Police Commander Tim Griffin said in an email to Patch.
The duo implied a weapon, but did not display it, Griffin said. They fled before police arrived.
La Grange Park detectives are investigating.
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