A fearless hostess chased after two thieves accused of stealing a wallet from a mother and daughter dining at a Chicago restaurant on Mother’s Day.
Ruth Nadolny was dining with her daughter at Irazu in the city’s Bucktown neighborhood when she said a couple sitting at a nearby table stole her daughter’s wallet.
“Dinner had just been served and was just being put down on the table and that’s when, boom, everything happened,” she said.
Surveillance video showed two people appearing to move their table and chairs closer to Nadolny, before one person at the table allegedly grabbed a wallet from them and headed for the door.
The victims didn’t realize the wallet was missing until a waiter saw a Mother’s Day card on the floor that Nadolny said must have fallen out.
That’s when restaurant hostess Alicia Colon gave chase.
“She just bolted out that door and started sprinting down the block,” Nadolny said.
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Nadolny and her daughter followed the hostess, who they say caught up with the couple after they hailed a cab.
“I pulled the car handle to get the taxi to stop and he didn’t stop for like 10 to 15 feet afterwards,” Colon said.
The wallet was found inside the cab, but the cash was missing.
“The lady was screaming she didn’t have it, she didn’t have it,” Nadolny said.
Police arrived at the scene shortly after and the pair was arrested.
Carl Hurn, 53, and Darlene Henderson, 51, were both charged with theft and their bond was set at $100,000. It was not immediately clear if either had an attorney.
The cash was later recovered, Nadolny said.
“[The hostess] could have been killed by the cab, she could have been gunned down, anything,” Nadolny said.
But Colon said just she did what she thought was best.
“Honestly, I felt like they probably had a better Mother’s Day now that they got their wallet back,” she said.
