A 20-year-old man already accused of robbing three passengers on CTA trains is now going through an extra cost: a smash-and-grab model holdup of a North Facet smoke store.
Prosecutors mentioned in a detention petition that Kenyon Guillory and a minimum of six different males stormed Galaxy Smoke Store at 1349 West Morse Avenue on April 6. Guillory and a few of his accomplices stood in entrance of the cashier with their palms tucked into their waistbands, the place the clerk might see bulges that seemed like firearms, prosecutors mentioned.
“Don’t attempt something or else,” one of many robbers allegedly warned.
The crew, carrying masks, gloves, and principally black clothes, went behind the counter and cleared out roughly $5,000 price of tobacco, smoke, and vape merchandise earlier than fleeing onto a Pink Line prepare, the petition mentioned.
Guillory was recognized by a police officer who acknowledged him on CTA surveillance video. Police additionally despatched the video by means of a facial recognition system, which returned a match for Guillory, in line with the submitting. When officers questioned Guillory, he allegedly admitted his function within the theft, telling them he sells stolen smokes on CTA trains.
Whereas he was already detained for the beforehand filed instances, Decide Maryam Ahmad ordered Guillory detained on the brand new cost as nicely.
Within the different pending instances, he’s charged with robbing Pink Line passengers on April 6, April 7, and April 9. Police arrested him after the April 9 case, when two males, ages 25 and 27, flagged down officers at 87th Avenue round 9:45 p.m. and reported being robbed aboard a southbound prepare. The victims informed police the attackers had simply gone into a close-by BP station.
Contained in the station, each victims recognized Guillory and 30-year-old Kevin Stoner because the robbers.
Throughout a detention listening to, prosecutors mentioned Guillory held a knife to at least one sufferer’s aspect whereas Stoner rifled by means of his belongings, taking a debit card, a baseball cap, and a bottle of tequila. The strap on the person’s bag was additionally reduce with a knife. In the identical incident, prosecutors mentioned Stoner hit the youthful sufferer within the head with a glass bottle whereas Guillory went by means of his pockets, taking $30 and a bottle of liquor.
