Hinsdale Man Arrested for Stealing Infant Formula

Edwin Garcia, 41, of 234 Justina Street in Hinsdale, was charged with misdemeanor retail theft by La Grange Park police Sunday around 12:50 p.m.

Police say Garcia put five packages of infant formula in his backpack, worth $122.65, and walked out of a Jewel-Osco on Woodlawn Ave. without paying for them.

Police said he told them he was going through an economic hardship and needed the formula for his two children, who do not live with him.

In his backpack, officers said they found a small bag of cotton balls, a bottle cap and hypodermic needle, and a screwdriver and pliers. Garcia told police he used the tools to fix his bicycle and police did find his unlocked blue Schwinn bike outside the west doors of the store.

Garcia had been convicted of felony retail theft in 2009 in River Forest, police said. He faces an April 27 court date.

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