Crime & Safety

Man Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Oakbrook Center Robbery

Levert Jones went in front of Judge Blanch Hill Fawell for his arraignment Monday.

The Detroit man charged with armed robbery and burglary after allegedly smashing a display case at an Oakbrook Center jewelry store pleaded not guilty in DuPage County court Monday, according to the Daily Herald.

Levert Jones, 24, went in front of Judge Blanch Hill Fawell for his arraignment Monday. The Herald reports that he faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison if convicted.

The DuPage County State's Attorney's Office says that on June 23 at around 3:45 p.m. Jones and two accomplices entered the mall's C. D. Peacock store, where Jones pulled out a sledgehammer and began smashing a glass jewelry case.

According to the Associated Press, an in-store security guard held Jones at gunpoint and attempted to apprehend him, but when the defendant tried to resist arrest, the guard shot him in the abdomen.

Two other suspects remain at large after escaping in a stolen vehicle. The men are described as black males around 30 years old, one 5'9" and about 230 pounds with a black T-shirt and a tattoo on the right side of his neck, and other, 5'11" and 160 pounds with a large beard and a white T-shirt.

Read the full Daily Herald story here.


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