Crime & Safety
New Lenox Cops Catch Trio of Crooks Stealing From Walmart: Police
All three of the alleged thieves were hauled off to the Will County jail.

The New Lenox cops nabbed a man and two women who stole from the local Walmart, police said.
The three were apprehended at the East Lincoln Highway superstore about 1 p.m. Monday and carted off to the Will County jail. Frank Barefield, 44, of 223 S. State St. in Lockport, Ebony Pittman, 28, of 217 Barry Ave. in Lockport, and Krystal Couch, 28, of 16 Longwood Drive in Joliet all were charged with retail theft.
A New Lenox police officer sent to the Walmart was reportedly told that “Barefield, Pittman and Couch removed merchandise from the store without paying for the merchandise,” police said.
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