Crime & Safety
Police Arrest Hazel Crest Man In Homewood Dollar Tree Robbery
Jonathan Payne, 18, was charged with battery with a deadly weapon and two counts of armed robbery after holding up a Homewood dollar store.
HOMEWOOD, IL — Homewood police arrested a Hazel Crest man in connection with the armed robbery of the Dollar Tree store in Homewood last week.
Jonathan Payne, 18, has been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and two counts of armed robbery, the Homewood-Flossmor Chronicle reported.
The robbery happened just after 5 p.m. at the store at 17510 Halsted Street. Witnesses said that a man with a medium build came in, showed his gun and demanded money from a clerk. As he fled, he grabbed a woman's purse. Police said the clerk was injured and treated on the scene by Homewood paramedics.
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Homewood Police Department, Posen Police Department and Crestwood Police Department worked together to locate and arrest Payne, the Chronicle reported.
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