Bond set for Cook County man who allegedly robbed victim of cell phone with a BB gun - FOX 32 Chicago

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. - Bond was acceptable astatine $200,000 Monday for a Cook County antheral charged with robbing a idiosyncratic with a BB weapon past weekend.

Cody Johnson, 21, was charged with 1 number of equipped robbery, according to a connection from the DuPage County State's Attorney's office.

Clarendon Hills constabulary responded to a telephone of an equipped robbery astir 2:48 p.m. Saturday astatine an flat analyzable connected Richmond Avenue, prosecutors said.

During an investigation, constabulary determined the unfortunate and Johnson met successful the laundry country of the flat gathering to behaviour a transaction for a compartment telephone for $300, the connection said.

Johnson pulled retired a gun, aboriginal determined to beryllium a BB gun, and threatened to sprout the unfortunate earlier racking the descent successful the victim's face, prosecutors said.

"It is alleged that Mr. Johnson arranged to conscionable an acquaintance to acquisition a compartment telephone lone to propulsion a weapon and endanger to sprout him," DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said.

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Police said Johnson grabbed the compartment telephone from the unfortunate and fled, but was aboriginal discovered inactive astatine the flat complex. He was taken into custody astir 3:12 p.m.

"It is unfortunate that thing arsenic guiltless arsenic selling a compartment telephone turns truthful violent," Clarendon Hills Chief of Police Paul Dalen said.

The adjacent tribunal day for Johnson, of the 1200 artifact of Klafter Court successful Streamwood, is scheduled for Feb. 27.