Crime & Safety

New Lenox Police Searching for Suspect in Armed Robbery of Smoothie Cafe

Police Wednesday released a surveillance image of the suspect.

New Lenox Police are asking for the public’s help in the investigation of a robbery at Tropical Smoothie on Tuesday.

A man holding either a screwdriver or a knife entered the store at 1872 E Lincoln Hwy just after 6 p.m. and demanded cash. He fled on foot, and it’s unknown if he entered a vehicle, police said in a release.

The clerk described the suspect as a white male, approximately 20 years of age, 6 feet tall of thin build, with bushy eyebrows. He was wearing wire frame, rectangular glasses.

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Anyone with information regarding this incident should contact the New Lenox Police Department at 815-485-2500 or you may leave an anonymous tip on the New Lenox Police Crime Tip hotline, 815-462-6111.

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