Galesburg Police around 11:30 Sunday night, November 13th, responded to Circle K on East Main Street for an earlier theft that had occurred. Officers met with a store employee who said a male subject, who is a regular customer, stole two dollars from a charity bucket sitting on the counter. Employees showed police security footage of the 63-year-old male taking two dollars from the charity bucket. Employees and police could positively identify the male due to previous encounters. The male was sitting in a truck outside as officers met with employees. Officers made contact with the male and he was taken into custody. The man was in possession of two glass smoking pipes which were confiscated and marked for destruction, according to police reports. The man was also in possession of two debit cards belonging to a female subject that the man claimed he found on the ground. The man was transported to the Knox County Jail and charged with theft.
