Lake County Liquor Store Robbed at Gunpoint

A liquor store in Gages Lake was robbed at gunpoint Friday morning, police said.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect following the armed robbery at about 11:26 a.m. Friday at Gages Lake Food and Liquor, which is 18000 block of Old Gages Lake Road in Gages Lake, according to a sheriff’s office news release.

A preliminary investigation revealed the wife of the store’s owner was in the back room on the phone when a masked suspect entered the store, went to the back room and forced the woman at gunpoint to empty the cash register, according to the press release.

The suspect, described as a black male who is about 5’ 7” tall, also took the woman’s purse, which contained cash. He fled the store on foot with around $200 in total cash. A gun described as a small silver snub-nosed revolved was used in the robbery, police said.

Police responded with a K9 but were unable to locate the suspect. The robbery remains under investigation by the Lake County Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Division.

Anyone who recognizes the suspect in the photograph (above) or has any information concerning this robbery can contact the Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Division at (847) 377-4250 or Lake County Crime Stoppers at (847) 662-2222.