Men Charged in String of Aurora Armed Robberies

From left: Charles Campbell, Martell White, Derrick Glasper. Credit: Aurora police.

Aurora Police have secured charges through the Kane County State’s Attorney for three men in connection with a string of armed robberies that occurred in late October.

Martell White, 25, of the 15000 block of Madison Ave., Dolton; Charles Campbell, 27, of the 1500 block of North Loral Ave., Chicago; and Derrick Glasper, 27, of the 1000 block of North 23rd Ave., Bellwood, are all charged with three counts of Class-X Armed Robbery, police said.

The charges stem from the Oct. 28 armed robbery of the Payday Loan Store in the 900 block of East New York Street, and the Oct. 30 armed robberies of the Auto Zone in the 1000 block of East Galena Boulevard, and Marathon Gas Station in the 1700 block of North Farnsworth Avenue, according to police.

Undisclosed amounts of cash were taken from all three businesses.

The three men are currently in the Cook County Jail on unrelated charges.

In the three Aurora robberies, the victims had their wrists bound by zip ties allegedly used by the three suspects after they demanded money at gunpoint during the course of the crimes, police said.

Charging documents indicate that police established the trio as suspects after a fingerprint was lifted from a zip tie used in the Marathon robbery that matched Martell White. According to a press release from Aurora police, officers were also able to locate surveillance video from a business that neighbors the Auto Zone that showed three men matching the descriptions of White, Campbell and Glasper, making their getaways in a white, smaller-sized SUV.

During the continuing investigation, Aurora Police detectives learned that White and Charles Campbell were arrested by Chicago Police on Nov. 4 for armed robbery and were allegedly in a white Nissan Rogue SUV that was used in the commission of the crime, police said. Detectives also learned that the same SUV committed a toll violation on the eastbound Farnsworth Avenue ramp at I-88 within a few minutes of the Marathon robbery, according to police.

As the investigation progressed, police received information from an anonymous tipster who recognized Glasper on the website of a local media outlet from photos of the Marathon robbery that were released by police, police said. Glasper had likewise been arrested by Chicago Police on Nov. 18 on a weapons charge.

PDetectives said further charges are possible in the continuing investigation, and the fact that Aurora businesses were targeted appears to be completely random by the defendants. No one was injured in any of the Aurora robberies.

Bond hearings for the three in Kane County are pending.