Lake County Sheriff’s Detectives are investigating a morning armed robbery that occurred at a gas station in the 20000 block of North Rand Road, Deer Park.
Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies responded about 4:45 a.m., Monday, May 13, 2024, to an armed robbery that had just occurred at the gas station in the block of 20000 North Rand Road in Deer Park. The clerk of a gas station called 911, informing sheriff’s telecommunicators he had just been robbed.
Sheriff’s deputies arrived and met the victim. The victim said the offender, who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, mask, and gloves, entered the gas station armed with a pistol. The offender pushed the victim into a bathroom, and the offender then stole cigarettes. The offender fled on foot eastbound from the gas station, and he was not located.
The clerk was physically uninjured; however, he was transported to an area hospital after becoming lightheaded from the incident.
Lake County Sheriff’s evidence technicians responded and processed the scene for evidence. The robbery remains under investigation by sheriff’s detectives.
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