Same Gas Station Robbed At Gunpoint Twice In Four Days: Sheriff

FRANKFORT, IL — A Frankfort Township gas station was robbed twice in four days, the Will County Sheriff's office said. The first robbery happened at 4:30 a.m. Dec. 20, and the second happened Tuesday morning at Speedway gas station, 7218 Lincoln Highway.

The sheriff's office said there were three offenders involved in the Dec. 20 robbery, and two offenders involved in Tuesday's robbery.

According to police, initial reports indicate the offenders are the same in each of these robberies, and they may have been involved in recent robberies in other towns as well. The offenders are described as black males, wearing dark clothing, gloves and ski masks, and armed with handguns.

In both robberies at the gas station, police said the offenders entered the store fully covered, and ordered the employees and a customer to the ground by gunpoint. Employees were ordered to the back room while the men stole cash in the register and took cartons of Newport cigarettes and put them into large garbage bags. In some of the robberies, offenders have also stolen customers' wallets.

The vehicles used in recent robberies have been identified as a white Jeep Grand Cherokee or a white Kia Optima, the sheriff's office said. Both vehicles have been observed on video surveillance with the registration plates covered by black garbage bags.

Will County Sheriff’s detectives are asking the public for assistance in identifying the suspects. Crime tips can be given by calling the sheriff’s Investigations Division at 815-727-
8574 or online at Crime Stoppers. There is a cash reward for any tips that lead to the arrest and conviction of these individuals.

The sheriff’s office is also asking the public to call 911 if you see a vehicle in the eastern sections of Will County with black garbage bags or any other obvious obstruction on a car's license plate.

Over the past few months, the sheriff's office said several armed robberies have occurred at gas stations in the sheriff's jurisdiction, as well as municipal Will County areas. The sheriff’s office has been working with other law enforcement agencies in attempting to identify and arrest the offenders.