2 Muggers In Shorewood Parking Lot Attack Jailed: Police

SHOREWOOD, IL — Shorewood police announced the arrests of 32-year-old Vesta Morgan Hall and 25-year-old Levi Young in connection with Monday afternoon's purse-snatching in a business parking lot along Route 59, leaving a 78-year-old woman injured.

On Tuesday, a Will County judge set bail at $150,000 for Young and $100,000 for Hall. The pair claim to be homeless Joliet residents, authorities said. Will County court records listed Young as being a resident of the Daybreak Shelter in the 600 block of East Cass Street.

Shorewood police were notified of Monday's robbery around 2:45 p.m. Witnesses provided police with a description of the getaway vehicle and the robbers.

The 78-year-old woman "was injured when Hall forcefully attempted to remove the victim's purse from her shoulder. In doing so, the victim suffered injuries to her head, neck, hand, and knee," according to Shorewood Deputy Police Chief Jason Barten.

The robbery victim was rushed to St. Joe's hospital by a Troy Township ambulance, and the woman was released from the hospital Monday night, Barten said.

Shorewood's officers spotted the getaway car a short time after the robbery and Young was the driver, police said. Hall and Young were both arrested and booked into the Will County Jail shortly before 7 p.m., jail logs show.

On Tuesday, the Will County State's Attorney's Office of Jim Glasgow charged Young with one count of robbery against a senior citizen.

Prosecutors charged Hall with a total of four felonies: one count of robbery against a senior citizen and three counts of aggravated battery.