2 suspects now charged in armed robbery of jogger in north Chicago suburbs
WILMETTE, Ill. (CBS) -- Two men have now been charged with robbing a jogger at gunpoint in broad daylight in north suburban Wilmette last month.
At 8:59 p.m. Saturday, May 4, Wilmette police were called to Beechwood and Hunter avenues for an armed robbery.
Two men had come up to a 44-year-old victim who had been jogging on a sidewalk, and demanded the victim's cellphone at the point of a silver handgun, police said.
The robbers took the victim's cellphone and drove off, police said.
Ten days after the robbery, a suspect, Saul Esquivel, was arrested and charged with one felony count each of armed robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and one misdemeanor count of unlawful use of a weapon.
On Thursday, a second suspect – Samnang Toem, 18, of Skokie – was indicted on one felony count each of armed robbery and aggravated unlawful restraint.
Toem is next due for in court at the Skokie Courthouse on Wednesday of next week.
