Around 7:00 am today, (December 13th) at the Public Safety Building, Galesburg Police observed a 48-year old woman going through the belongings of two other individuals sleeping in the lobby of the Galesburg Police Station. Officers believed that Rachel Jones of Galesburg took a lighter out of a sleeping individual’s pocket and was using it to smoke in the restroom. Officers confronted Jones, returned the stolen lighter, and made Jones leave. Forty-five minutes later, Jones returned. Officers then watched as Jones once again kneeled down next to the sleeping individual and begin to go through his pockets. Police again confronted Jones who dropped some loose change when officers approached her. Jones was then taken into custody and the loose change was returned to the still-sleeping individual. According to police reports, Jones has at least six convictions for larceny. She was charged with Theft with a Prior Conviction and transported to the Knox County Jail.
