{"id":388675,"date":"2025-11-18T23:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/388675\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T23:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T23:54:13","slug":"chicago-man-accused-of-new-suburban-retail-thefts-while-on-pretrial-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/388675\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago man accused of new suburban retail thefts while on pretrial release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill.<\/strong> &#8211; A Chicago man already on pretrial release in a retail theft case was arrested again, accused of stealing from several suburban stores in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">According to the DuPage County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office, 31-year-old Felix Pitre Romero faces four counts of felony burglary, four counts of felony retail theft, and one count of misdemeanor retail theft.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pitre-romero-felix.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Pitre Romero allegedly stole fragrances valued at thousands of dollars from Ulta Beauty stores in Oak Brook, Wheaton and Willowbrook, and from a Nordstrom Rack in Wheaton, between late October and mid-November.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Oak Brook police arrested Pitre Romero after reportedly catching him stealing fragrances at an Ulta store in Tinley Park.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Here&#8217;s a breakdown of when and where the crimes occurred, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Oct. 29, 11:09 a.m. | Ulta in Willowbrook | 800 Plainfield Way: <strong>More than $300 in fragrances stolen.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Nov. 6, 11:27 a.m. | Ulta in Oak Brook | 2155 W. 22nd Street: <strong>More than $300 in fragrances stolen.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Nov. 9, 12:01 p.m. | Ulta in Wheaton | 112 Danada Square West: <strong>About $874 in fragrances stolen.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Nov. 9, 2:14 p.m. | Nordstrom Rack in Wheaton | 71 Danada Square East: <strong>About $819.70 in fragrances stolen.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Nov. 16, 5:45 p.m. | Ulta in Oak Brook | 2155 W. 22nd Street: <strong>About $690 in fragrances stolen, items allegedly concealed in a bag he brought with him.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Nov. 17, 11:27 a.m. | Ulta in Oak Brook, 2155 W. 22nd Street: <strong>About $1,118 in fragrances stolen.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Date and time not shared by police | Ulta in Tinley Park: <strong>Pitre Romero allegedly caught stealing fragrances and taken into custody.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">In a statement, DuPage County State\u2019s Attorney Robert Berlin said the case highlights flaws in Illinois\u2019 Safe-T-Act.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;It is alleged that while on pre-trial release for a previous felony retail theft, Mr. Pitre Romero repeatedly thumbed his nose at the criminal justice system committing crime after crime.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;In DuPage County we have zero tolerance for the type of behavior alleged in this case. The new charges against Mr. Pitre Romero, who was previously granted pre-trial release, illustrate the need for changes to the State\u2019s Safe-T-Act to give judges more discretion at First Appearance Court. Too often, we are seeing repeat offenders released pre-trial because the Act does not allow judges to use their discretion for certain offenses.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;As I have consistently stated since the inception of the Safe-T-Act, judges, not the legislature, are in the best position to decide whether a defendant in any particular case should be detained pre-trial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Authorities said Pitre Romero was on pretrial release from a February 2024 case in Lombard, where he allegedly stole $432.99 worth of clothing from a Dick\u2019s Sporting Goods.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">After his arrest this week on the new charges, prosecutors moved to revoke his release in that earlier case, and a judge granted the request. He is now being held in custody.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Pitre Romero is due back in court on Dec. 15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this story came from the DuPage County State\u2019s Attorney\u2019s Office and Oak Brook Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/dupage-county\/oak-brook\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oak Brook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/dupage-county\/wheaton\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wheaton<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/dupage-county\/willowbrook\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willowbrook<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. &#8211; A Chicago man already on pretrial release in a retail theft case was arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":388676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,6082,17073,5386,1818,50,110520,68,181939,61769],"class_list":{"0":"post-388675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-dupage-county","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-illinois","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-oak-brook","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-wheaton","17":"tag-willowbrook"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115573402622276097","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}