Man In Logan Square SWAT Standoff Charged With Armed Robbery

CHICAGO, IL — A 21-year-old man accused of robbing a Logan Square cellphone store at gunpoint Tuesday was arrested later in the day after a Chicago SWAT unit surrounded the nearby building he fled to, according to police. Dreonta Deton, of the 1300 block of South Blue Island Avenue, is charged with felony armed robbery stemming from the incident, and his bail hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.

According to police, Deton walked into the business in the 2700 block of North Milwaukee Avenue at around 10:44 a.m. Tuesday, June 6, and he allegedly demanded an employee who he had forced into a backroom to hand over several phones and other electronics. He then allegedly pulled a gun and forced the worker to empty the store's cash register, police said. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for Bucktown and Wicker Park and Chicago — or other neighborhoods. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

Deton fled the store to hide out in a nearby building in the 3200 block of West Diversey Avenue. A Chicago police SWAT unit, as well as FBI agents, surrounded the building at around 4 p.m. in response to the armed robbery. At the time, police shut down Diversey between Kedzie and Spaulding avenues, and CTA buses in the area were rerouted.

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Deton was apprehended by police without incident at around 6:44 p.m., and no injuries were reported. A gun and the stolen items from the cellphone store also were recovered, according to police.

Dreonta Deton, 21 (photo via the Chicago Police Department)

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