Thieves Mace Naperville Dick's Employees to Steal Clothes: Police

NAPERVILLE, IL — A woman and girl were arrested after they allegedly tried to take clothes from the Dick’s Sporting Goods in Naperville and maced employees to get away.

At around 1 p.m. Dec. 2, police were called to the business at 2763 W. 75th Street where they learned Destiny U. Glascow, 18, of the 100 block of Birch Street in Carpentersville, and a 16-year-old female had fled the area after taking clothing items without paying for them and using mace against store personnel who attempted to stop them, according to the Naperville Police Department.

Glascow and the girl then fled in a gold-colored Chevrolet and were last east on 75th Street, police said. Officers looking for them conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Ogden Ave. and Rickert Road and arrested the offenders.

During the course of the investigation, it was learned the same two females were responsible for a similar incident earlier in the day at another Dick’s Sporting Goods in Bloomingdale, police said. Bloomingdale Police assisted the Naperville Police Department in this investigation.

Glascow has been charged with two counts of aggravated battery, one felony count of retail theft and one misdemeanor count of retail theft.

The teen has been charged with three counts of aggravated battery, one felony count of retail theft and one misdemeanor count of retail theft.

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