OAK LAWN, Ill. (WGN) — A Worth man faces multiple felony charges concerning a burglary attempt and armed robbery of Oak Lawn residents.
Officers responded to the 10900 block of Keating around 4:30 p.m. Sunday following a report that a man had attempted to break into an area condo by window. The man ran away when the victim saw him, according to police.
While officers investigated, a second condo owner tinformed police that he had been robbed at gunpoint moments earlier by a masked man. The offender entered the victim’s condo, forced him into a bathroom and attempted to flee with stolen items in the victim’s car, according to police.
Following a brief pursuit on foot, officers took a man, later identified as Demarkcus Ross, into custody.
Officers located Ross with jewelry and other items stolen from condo, along with the victim’s car keys, police said. Ross also confessed to the crimes, according to police.
Ross, whose last known address was in Worth, faces felony charges of hiome invasion with a firearm, kidnapping while armed with a firearm, and armed ronnery.
Alonzo Small
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