Armed Robbery In Clarendon Hills: Cops

CLARENDON HILLS, IL – A Streamwood man held up an acquaintance who had planned to sell him a phone last week in Clarendon Hills, authorities said.

Cody Johnson, 21, was charged with one count of armed robbery. His bond was set at $200,000.

About 3 p.m. Saturday, Johnson and the acquaintance met in the laundry room in an apartment complex on Richmond Avenue in Clarendon Hills, prosecutors said in a news release.

Johnson pulled out a gun, later determined to be a BB gun, and threatened to shoot the acquaintance, prosecutors said. He racked the slide of the gun in the acquaintance's face and then grabbed the phone from the acquaintance, police said.

Johnson left, but officers found him a short while later at the apartment complex, according to the release.

"It is unfortunate that something as innocent as selling a cell phone turns so violent," Clarendon Hills Police Chief Paul Dalen said in the news release. "It is because of the quick responding Clarendon Hills officers, with the assistance of the Westmont, Hinsdale and Oak Brook police departments, that we were able to quickly apprehend the suspect."