Lake Zurich man charged with stealing power tools

A Lake Zurich man with multiple retail theft convictions is accused of stealing items from a Mount Prospect Home Depot store.

Ian Ramirez, 30, was ordered held on $75,000 bail Wednesday on retail theft charges. Cook County Judge Joseph Cataldo granted Ramirez's request that he be placed in Cook County jail's drug treatment program.

Authorities say Ramirez left the store about 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon without paying for power tools and supplies totaling about $1,366.

A loss prevention officer noticed Ramirez taking the items and detained him after a brief struggle, said Cook County state's attorney intern Alexis Bargione, working under the supervision of Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Alyssa Grissom.

Ramirez's most recent conviction came in 2013 when he was sentenced to 30 months in prison for retail theft, Bargione said. His theft convictions date back to 2006 and include sentences ranging from 18 months probation to three years in prison, Bargione said. Ramirez was also convicted in 2004 and 2005 for possession of a controlled substance. He has misdemeanor DUI convictions from 2008 and 2009 and an attempted possession of a controlled substance conviction in 2013, Bargione said.

Ramirez next appears in court on Aug. 12.