Man With Gun Robbed 7-Elevens 8 Times In Lombard: Cops

LOMBARD, IL — A Hanover Park man is accused of eight armed robberies that took place at two Lombard 7-Eleven stores between 2021 and 2024.

Syed Osman, 19, was charged with two felony armed robbery counts in connection with the most recent robberies, which took place in April and October 2024. \

Officers were called to the 7-Eleven at 801 Westmore Rd. around 10:40 p.m. on April 25, 2024, after police say Osman came into the store with a silver handgun. Osman is accused of demanding, cigarettes, vape cartridges and cash from the cashier at gunpoint, and then fleeing on foot.

Police were called to a nearby 7-Eleven at 246 S. Westmore Rd. shortly after 10 p.m on Oct. 2 for a report of an armed robbery. The clerk said a man, later identified as Osman, came into the store and demanded vape cartridges and cash while pointing a silver handgun at them.

After an investigation, police took Osman into custody near his home in the 5500 block of Court Q on Thursday.

According to police, Osman robbed those two 7-Elevens multiple times between March 2021 and the most recent incidents.

“It is alleged that on multiple occasions, Mr. Osman entered a Lombard 7-Eleven, displayed a handgun and then stole cash and merchandise from the store before fleeing on foot,” DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement.

Berlin added, “This type of brazen behavior will not be tolerated and will be met with the full force of the law. Through the outstanding efforts of the Lombard Police Department, Mr. Osman’s alleged crime spree has been brought to an end."

Osman is set to appear in court Feb. 24.