Warrant Issued For Alleged Circle K Red Bull Thief

ORLAND PARK, IL -- Orland Park police are looking for a Plainfield woman allegedly involved in a retail theft at a Circle K. Detectives were in court seeking a warrant for 42-year-old Florence Theis. She may be staying at a motel, police said.

The detective told the judge that Theis and her son went to the Orland Park Circle K at 93rd Avenue and 159th Street on Nov. 26. Theis reportedly placed a case of Red Bull into her cart. When her son asked the clerk for a pack of cigarettes, the detective said mother-and-son absconded with the Red Bull.

Theis had been arrested in Orland Park before, which enabled police to identify her as the alleged culprit in the Circle K Red Bull theft. The detective said that Theis had been staying at a motel in Oak Forest last August, but was in the process of getting kicked out, the detective said. Police have not been able to find her since.

The prosecutor and court records indicate that Theis pleaded guilty to an Oak Lawn retail theft in December. The judge issued an arrest warrant with a $1,500 bond.