Arrests Made In Pre-Holiday Investigation Targeting Widespread Retail Theft

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 20, 2011. More than 50 people have been arrested and face charges in a pre-holiday undercover investigation that targeted organized retail theft rings, whose members are stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise from retail outlets throughout Cook County ranging from large suburban shopping malls to high-end boutiques along North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez announced today. 

Operation “Whoville,” targeted individuals as well as persons operating in organized retail theft…