Man charged with burglary outside Naperville fitness club

July 22, 2009

NAPERVILLE — A Naperville man stole a wallet from a vehicle parked at a Naperville fitness club and was arrested after he tried to make a purchase at a grocery store using a credit card he found in the wallet, police said. 

Kenneth Herold, 23, of the 2400 block of Stoneleigh Court was charged July 15 with burglary, according to police. 

Herold was spotted by Naperville police leaving the parking lot of X-Sport Fitness, 2780 Fitness Drive.  Police had been conducting surveillance because of several vehicle burglaries and locker thefts at the club, and Herold matched the description of a suspect from an earlier incident, police said. 

Police followed Herold to Jewel Food Store at 2855 W. 95th St. in Naperville, where he tried to buy gift cards.  After an employee questioned the purchases, Herold left the store, police said. 

Police confronted Herold outside the store and determined that he had stolen the keys to the vehicle from an unlocked locker at the fitness club.  He was able to determine which vehicle matched the keys and then took the victim's wallet from the vehicle, police said.