Couple Steals 2 Carts Full of Liquor from Jewel-Osco Store

A Lake Bluff man and Carol Stream woman loaded up two carts full of liquor and walked out of a Libertyville Jewel-Osco store in September without paying for the booze, police said. The two fled the scene but were later arrested in October for a similar incident in Lake Bluff.

Morgan J. Johnson, 28, of Carol Stream, and Casey V.G. Lamb, 34, of Lake Bluff stole the liquor from the Jewel-Osco at 1300 South Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville at about 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 27, according to a Libertyville Police Department report. They loaded the liquor into an awaiting cab and when they were approached by Jewel employees, asking for their receipt, they fled the area.

The cab driver was able to help police identify the couple after he told them he picked them up at a motel in Waukegan.

On Oct. 24, Lake Bluff police contacted Libertyville police officers after they arrested Johnson and Lamb for a similar incident.

A $50,000 bail was issued for both Lamb and Johnson.