Three people were arrested Thursday after an armed home invasion Wednesday in Homer Glen and a second armed robbery Thursday afternoon in Lemont, the Will County Sheriff’s Department said.
The Lemont robbery happened shortly before 3 p.m. Thursday in the 1200 block of Coventry Drive in Lemont, sheriff’s police said.
The vehicle suspected in the robbery was a black Acura and matched the description of the people and car used in the home invasion in Homer Glen, police said.
Detectives from the Will County Sheriff’s Department and other law enforcement agencies began searching for the car and reviewing license plate reader camera data.
Joliet Police Department officers found the car and attempted a traffic stop, police said. Three people ran out of the car and officers began searching the area, eventually arresting the suspects, police said.
Charges were pending Thursday evening against the three men, who police said had extensive criminal histories, including previous weapons offenses. One of the suspects was taken to a hospital for examination, police said.
Two firearms were recovered, police said.
The Homer Glen home invasion occurred shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday after a 73-year-old woman returned home from shopping and parked her car in the garage in the 16800 block of South Deer Path, sheriff’s police said.
The woman was approached by a man wearing a black hoodie and holding a gun, sheriff’s police said.
A second man got out of a dark-colored Acura reported stolen in Chicago and was following her, according to the release.
The men forced the woman into her home, sat her in a chair and tied her wrists and ankles, police said. The men stole a credit card from her purse, demanded a PIN and withdrew $2,000 from the victim’s account at an Orland Park bank, police said.
The woman was able to free herself about 20 minutes later and asked for help, police said.
Investigators said the woman was targeted because of her age.
Homer Glen Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike shared on social media that the woman was fine, mostly shaken, but not injured. The woman said the intruders forced her into her home, tied her arms and legs with ropes/telephone cords, searched her home and threatened to kill herself if she did not give the correct PIN numbers for her credit card, Neitzke-Troike said.
Michelle Mullins is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
