Wheelchair Robber Hits Suburban Loan Store
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (STMW) - A man riding a wheelchair robbed a loan store after a clerk helped him open the front door in north suburban Waukegan Monday night.
An employee told police that a man waited outside Plus Loan Store, 1428 N. Lewis Ave., in a wheelchair around 8:45 p.m. Monday for an employee to help him enter the business.
Once inside, the man jumped out of the wheelchair and got into the normally locked offices and service counter area wielding a handgun. He took an undisclosed amount of cash from a drawer and the safe before fleeing on foot, leaving the wheelchair behind.
The robber was described as a black male, about 6 feet tall with a thick or stocky build. He was wearing blue jeans, black jacket and a tan hat with a scarf masking his face, police said.
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