Vendor employee accused of theft at Joliet’s Route 66 Raceway

A man from Texas was accused of using a skimming device at the Route 66 Raceway in Joliet to divert funds from legitimate vendor sales into his personal account, police said.

Officers responded at 12:34 p.m. Sunday at Route 66 Raceway, 3200 S. Chicago St., for a report of theft involving an employee of a private vendor at the track for an event.

The raceway hosted the Gerber Collision & Glass NHRA Route 66 Nationals this past weekend.

Reginald Hinton, 35, of Fort Worth, Texas, was identified as the employee who allegedly used a skimming device to divert funds from legitimate vendor sales into his personal account, according to a statement from Joliet Police Sgt. Dwayne English.

The estimated loss was almost $600, English said.

Hinton was “cooperative during the investigation” and he was taken into custody without incident, English said.

Hinton was arrested on probable cause of a theft. He was given a notice to appear in court.