Police Investigate Armed Robbery Of Waukegan Cellphone Store
Police are investigating the armed robbery of a cellphone store Sunday in north suburban Waukegan.
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Police are investigating the armed robbery of a cellphone store Sunday in north suburban Waukegan.
About 2 a.m., the suspects entered the Shell gas station at 10 Skokie Valley Road in Highland Park and demanded money from the lone attendant, according to a statement from Highland Park police. One of them showed a handgun during the robbery.
The armed men filled a bag with narcotics, then fled without injuring anyone in the store.
A man has been charged with robbing a pharmacy in northwest suburban Park Ridge after investigators used a fingerprint to identify him.
The Criminal Investigations Division is investigating each robbery separately, but is leaving all options open, police said.
Four teenagers have been arrested after a series of armed robberies ended with a crash between a stolen vehicle and a CTA bus Wednesday morning in the South Side Fuller Park neighborhood.
The robbery happened at 5:50 p.m. at a First Bank and Trust branch at 8047 Skokie Blvd., according to FBI spokesman Garrett Croon.
A Portage Park liquor store owner exchanged gunfire with two men who robbed him of $100 in cash and $1,000 in merchandise.
Hoping to find the person who shot an AT&T worker after a robbery in west suburban Berwyn last week, the company and a community activist have announced $11,000 in combined reward money for information leading to an arrest.
Terry J. Valrie and Alicia L. Brown, both 22, were charged with armed robbery for an incident that occurred on Oct. 23 in the 7800 block of Terminal Avenue, according to a statement from Skokie police.
In each incident, one or more armed men wearing masks have approached victims and demanded their property, according to a community alert from Chicago Police.
The suspect also fired at a motorist who witnessed the robbery, but that person was not hit, Berwyn police said.
A man died after he was shot during a robbery Friday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side.
A gas station was robbed by a man with a gun on Tuesday in north suburban Waukegan.
Three men were charged with stabbing and robbing a homeless man on Monday in the South Loop neighborhood.
Sanjay Malhotra, 49, faces one felony count of armed robbery, according to Niles police.
Two men have been charged with robbing someone at gunpoint Thursday evening in west suburban Glendale Heights.
Darnell Lamont Murphy was arrested and charged with a felony count of armed robbery with a dangerous weapon, a felony count of disarming a police officer, a felony count of unlawful restraint and two felony counts of resisting a peace officer, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
Four armed robberies were reported in less than two hours last week in the Uptown, Roscoe Village and Lake View neighborhoods.
The man, dressed all in black and wearing a mask like the one in the "Scream" movies, entered the lobby of the Hyatt House Hotel at 27554 Maecliff Dr. at 1:42 a.m., according to Warrenville police.
Police received a 911 call about an armed robbery at a Citgo gas station at Cicero Avenue and Augusta Boulevard shortly before 9 p.m.
Police are searching for an armed robbery suspect in Downtown Chicago.
Antonio S. Epps, 32, is charged with robbing the Target on Aug. 28 at 12800 Route 59 in Plainfield, according to a statement from Plainfield police.
Bond was set at $3.5 million for the third person charged with kidnapping and robbing a Wheaton College student at gunpoint last month in west suburban Glen Ellyn.
Nickolas Burch, 27, faces one count of armed robbery with the discharge of a firearm causing bodily harm, one count of aggravated battery with the discharge of a firearm and two counts of aggravated battery to a police officer, all felonies, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
