O'FALLON, Ill. — Police in O'Fallon, Illinois, are looking for three people they said stole from Academy Sports and pepper-sprayed an employee while running out of the store.
Police said the thieves struck Wednesday at the Academy Outdoors store on the 1500 block of W Highway 50.
Employees said three women walked into the store, grabbed armfuls of clothing and headed for the exit without paying. An employee said they needed to leave the clothes, but one of the women pulled out pepper spray and used it on the employee.
All three women, which police said were likely in their late teens or early 20s, jumped into a car and got away.
O'Fallon police provided photos of the woman. They asked anyone who recognizes them or has any information to call them at 618-624-4545.
