Case # 19-1220

NEWS RELEASE – Retail Theft over $300

SHILOH POLICE DEPARTMENT

Case Number: #19-1220
Contact: Detective Sergeant Kyle Bade
Contact Number: 618-632-9047

On Thursday, September 19^th, 2019, Shiloh Officers were dispatched to Target, located at 3400 Green Mount Crossing Drive, in reference to a Retail Theft that had just occurred. Responding Officers were advised the suspect fled the area in a vehicle. Upon arrival, Officers were advised the suspect walked past all points of sale without paying for the merchandise he selected and when confronted, left all merchandise and fled the area. A suspect was identified and the case was submitted to the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office for review.

On Tuesday, November 19^th, 2019, Assistant State’s Attorney Elizabeth Nester issued warrant #19CF0175401 for Retail Theft Over $300, a Class 3 Felony charging Jeffrey Young of the 1600 block of Cleveland Avenue, East St. Louis, Illinois with the above crime.

 The warrant was reviewed by St. Clair County Judge Julie Katz who set Young’s bond at $25,000 with 10% applying. Young is currently in custody at the St. Clair County Jail for want of bond.

*All persons are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.