Galesburg Police on Sunday afternoon responded to Marshall’s on National Boulevard in Galesburg for a report of shoplifting. Police arrived at the store and met with a female employee and a customer that witnessed the theft and called 911. The female customer told police a man, approximately 5’6″ dressed in all black took a bunch of purses and then ran out of the store without paying for them. The customer followed the man to the parking lot and took a picture of the man’s vehicle – a gold Chevrolet truck with a topper. The woman also had the man’s license plate. An employee said the purses were from the “high end” aisle – in that they were $129 apiece. A total of twelve purses were stolen totaling around $1,400. At the time of the police report, officers were awaiting security video of the incident. Police were also to follow up at the registered address of the unknown man’s truck. The investigation is ongoing.
