At about 7:54 PM on December 22, 2024, a Burlington Coat Factory employee flagged down a Joliet police officer in the parking lot. A woman was walking out fast with a basket full of merchandise she never paid for. What started as a retail theft stop ended with five charges, a fake name, an active warrant, and what a corrections officer found in her pocket at the jail. Joliet Police Department. Joliet, IL. Reported charges: retail theft over three hundred dollars, resisting a peace officer, obstructing justice, possession of a controlled substance, and bringing contraband into a penal institution. This is public police body camera footage obtained through a public records request. We add commentary and analysis explaining what is happening and the law behind it. The footage has been edited and condensed for length, and profanity has been muted. The order of events is preserved. We obtain footage like this through public records requests. You can look up any agency, see its records, and start your own request at https://foia.direct. #RetailTheft #BodyCam #Police

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