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Police link robberies in three counties

LAKE GENEVA — Police believe an armed robbery at the Comfort Suites in Lake Geneva on April 30 could be connected to a recent string of armed robberies in neighboring Kenosha County and Lake County, Ill.

Several law enforcement agencies met Wednesday in Lake Villa, Ill., to compare notes on the robberies, said Lake Geneva police Detective Ed Gritzner. They exchanged information and plan to continue sharing information as it becomes available, he said.

Police believe the seven robberies are connected because they all happened in the late-night or early morning hours, involved suspects displaying handguns and demanding money and involved suspects wearing dark, hooded sweatshirts and sunglasses or bandanas covering their faces.

According to police:

n A man entered the Trevor Mini Mart in Trevor just before 10 p.m. April 25. He displayed a handgun and demanded money. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt. His face was covered.

n A man entered the Comfort Inn in Antioch, Ill., about midnight April 25. He displayed what the clerk believed to be a handgun and demanded money. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was wearing a dark, hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, sunglasses and a bandana covering his face.

n A man entered Amber Liquors in Lake Villa, Ill., just before 10 p.m. April 29. He displayed a handgun and demanded money. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.

n A man entered the Comfort Suites in Lake Geneva just after midnight April 30. He displayed a handgun and demanded money. He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and black tennis shoes. He also was wearing black gloves with writing on them and a white bandana covering his face.

n A man entered the Radisson in Pleasant Prairie just after 2 a.m. April 30. He displayed a handgun and demanded money.

He fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses and a bandana covering his face.

nTwo men entered the Subway in Grayslake, Ill., about 8:45 p.m. May 2. One man displayed a handgun and demanded money. The men fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. They were wearing black hooded sweatshirts.

n Two men entered the Marathon gas station in Fox Lake, Ill., about 3 a.m. May 3. They displayed handguns and demanded money.

They fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. They were wearing dark-colored hooded sweatshirts, sunglasses and bandanas covering their faces.

Gritzner said police have no active leads and are seeking any information people might have about the robberies.

“If you pass a gas station or any other place and see somebody standing outside looking like that, it’s time to stop and call,” he said.

Anyone with information can call Lake Geneva police at

STRING OF ARMED ROBBERIES

n 9:52 p.m., April 25 at the Comfort Inn, 350 Route 173, Antioch, Ill.

n Midnight, April 25 at the Trevor Mini Mart, 25921 Wilmot Road, Trevor.

n 9:50 p.m., April 29 at Amber Liquors, 1701 N. Milwaukee, Lake Villa, Ill.

n 12:18 a.m., April 30 at the Comfort Suites, 300 E. Main St., Lake Geneva.

n 2:09 a.m., April 30 at the Radisson, 11800 108th St., Pleasant Prairie.

n 8:46 p.m., May 2 at Subway, 1818 Belvidere Road, Grayslake, Ill.

n 2:56 a.m., May 3 at the Marathon gas station, 351 W. Route 173, Fox Lake, Ill.