Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Woman charged in connection to Best Buy theft
Caroline Neal
MOUNT PLEASANT — A 50-year-old Chicago woman has been accused of participating in thefts at Best Buy locations across the country, including in Mount Pleasant.
Sylwia Rybicka was charged in connection to a Dec. 13, 2024, theft at Best Buy, 2710 Green Bay Road.
Rybicka faces one count of felony retail theft for intentionally taking merchandise whose value exceeds $500 but does not exceed $5,000, as party to a crime.
If convicted, the maximum penalty is a fine of up to $10,000, imprisonment of no more than three years and six months, or both.
According to a criminal complaint, a Best Buy representative reported that two people allegedly concealed three laptops and left without paying.
The value of the merchandise was about $2,200.
The Best Buy representative provided surveillance video to the Mount Pleasant Police Department, which forwarded the footage to US Customs and Border Control.
Investigators reportedly found similarities between one of the people on the video and Rybicka, according to the complaint, and MPPD reportedly confirmed the person on the video was Rybicka.
According to the complaint, Rybicka and others are accused of being involved in 15 attempted or successful thefts at Best Buy locations in Texas, Iowa, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Louisiana and Indiana throughout 2024.
A warrant was issued for Rybicka’s arrest in January and was served March 24, according to online court records.
A court official set a cash bond of $2,500 for Rybicka on Wednesday and she is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing April 2.
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