Wheeling man charged with stealing from employer

A 24-year-old Wheeling man is charged with retail theft after being accused of stealing from his Arlington Heights employer.

Cook County prosecutors said Kenneth Holiday was caught on surveillance cameras at the Ulta cosmetics store where he worked on the 400 block of Rand Road in Arlington Heights pocketing cash he was taking out of the register. According to court papers, Holiday’s employers had been watching him for some time.

In addition to taking money, court records indicate the recordings show Holiday participating in other illegal activities at the store. The documents state that Holiday and an unknown cohort were scamming merchandise from the store. Police told prosecutors that on several occasions Holiday’s friend would take several items to Holiday’s checkout register, but Holiday would only charge this friend for one item and let him leave with all the merchandise.

Holiday was ordered held in the Cook County jail in lieu of a $20,000 bond at a Saturday hearing. His next scheduled court date is Dec. 1.