Decline and fall: Shoplifters brought baseball bats to Macy's in Chicago

Shame on Macy's for not going after the alleged perp the first couple of times. 

From CWB Chicago:

A shoplifting team that has repeatedly targeted the Macy’s store at Water Tower Place raised the stakes by bringing baseball bats to ward off security officers during a raid on the retailer’s menswear department last week, prosecutors said.

One adult and one juvenile are now charged with robbery. Loss prevention officers caught 19-year-old Darien Green shoplifting three times in the previous month, according to prosecutors.

But Macy’s didn’t press charges in those cases. So, when Green and two companions entered the store with baseball bats on the afternoon of November 12, security officers decided to keep an eye on them, said Assistant State’s Attorney Meredith Rudolfi.

When a guard approached the trio in the menswear department, Green threatened him with a bat while a juvenile threatened to beat the agent if he didn’t stop following the group around. The security officer backed away while other Macy’s employees kept an eye on the crew via surveillance cameras.

The main perp returned to Macy's one more time. This time Macy's employees called the police. What took them so long?