Zion Woman Accused Of Using Knife In Walmart Parking Lot Robbery​

ZION, IL — Zion Police Department officers were called to a reported armed robbery Wednesday morning in a Walmart parking lot in the 4000 Route of 173 in Zion. According to a news release from the police department, a 69-year-old woman from Wadsworth was leaving the store and walking to her car around 11:45 a.m. when she was confronted by a woman who threatened her with a knife, and demanded her purse, according to police. Police said the suspect pushed the woman, jabbed her in the throat with a knife and grabbed her purse.

The two struggled over the purse before the suspect ripped it away from the woman and ran eastbound through the parking lot.

Police said a 48-year-old man from Beach Park came to the victim’s aid and tried detaining the offender, who slashed his arm as he knocked her to the ground, according to the news release. However, the suspect got up and ran across Kenosha Road where she was picked up by someone driving a silver colored Mercury Mariner, according to the department.

Police said the victim and Good Samaritan had minor injuries that didn't need medical treatment.

Officers recovered the victim’s wallet, the knife, an unknown cell phone and surveillance video from Walmart and other area businesses, and used these to identify the suspect as Zaneray P. Jackson, 34, from Zion, according to the news release. Officers arrested Jackson at her home at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday and she admitted to her actions in the armed robbery, police said.

Jackson is facing charges including two counts of armed robbery and two counts of aggravated battery. She was taken to bond court Thursday where her bond was set at $75,000, police added.

Jackson is due back in court on Feb. 6, according to the Lake County Sheriff's office website.