A man who robbed a Park Ridge convenience store at gunpoint earlier this month is suspected of robberies in at least three other communities, as well, police said.
Park Ridge police said the man entered the 7-Eleven at 976 N. Northwest Highway around 1:40 a.m. on Dec. 9, pulled out a handgun and demanded money from the register before quickly fleeing the store.
Deputy Police Chief Lou Jogmen said a report of the incident did not include details on how much money was taken, but he did say the incident occurred very quickly.
“He was in and out,” Jogmen said.
Jogmen said he was not certain why the robbery was not included among weekly incidents released by the department’s records division.
Cook County sheriff’s police revealed on Dec. 16 that the man responsible for the robbery is believed to have committed similar crimes in Prospect Heights and unincorporated Palatine, as well as an attempted armed robbery of a gas station in Schaumburg.
In the unincorporated Palatine robbery, which occurred at 2 a.m. on Dec. 15, sheriff’s police say a man dressed in a red jacket and red hat, his face largely obscured by a scarf, entered a gas station on the 1400 block of North Quentin Road, took out a handgun and demanded money.
The robber also allegedly grabbed some menthol cigarettes before leaving the station.
The attempted robbery of the Schaumburg gas station occurred that same morning, police said.
The suspect is described as African-American, approximately 5-feet-8- to 5-feet-10-inches tall. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department at 708-865-4896.