Robbery At Darien Big Box Store: Police

DARIEN, IL – A man implying he had a weapon robbed Home Depot, 2101 75th St., of nearly $1,500 in merchandise this week, Darien police said.

Shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday, store video showed the man entering the store, selecting items and then pushing a cart past the cash registers, police said.

The man implied to an employee that he had a weapon, though none was ever seen or displayed, police said. He left in a black Nissan Rogue.

The man stole a DeWalt nailer kit, a Milwaukee drill driver kit, a Milwaukee starter kit and a Ryobi generator, police said.

The robbery was reported more than four hours later.

A day earlier, the same man is believed to have stolen merchandise from the Home Depot in Downers Grove.