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March 31, 2006
Andrew Bergh:Shopping trip turns into trouble for elderly couple
By ANDREW BERGH
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
They had never been so humiliated or embarrassed.
Following their arrest for retail theft from a home improvement store, William and Elizabeth Reynolds were treated like common criminals. Protesting their innocence, the Illinois couple hired a criminal defense lawyer, rejected all plea bargains, and was later acquitted by a Cook County jury.
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