7-Eleven Armed Robbers Captured Just Blocks From Store: Cops

JOLIET, IL — The cops said they captured two armed robbers just moments after they stuck up the Cass Street 7-Eleven.

The two men — Trennis Jones, 41, and Donald Waddell, 25 — held up the 7-Eleven just before 1 a.m. Monday, police said.

Officers responding to a holdup alarm spoke with the two clerks working that morning, a 56-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man. The clerks described the two crooks and told the cops they had fled on foot, heading south on Briggs Street.

Soon after, officers saw a man walking a few blocks away on Briggs. When they shone a spotlight on the man, police said, he ran.

Officers reportedly recovered a revolver, a BB gun, a stolen bottle of Crown Royal and the cash from the 7-Eleven register.

Trennis Jones and Donald Waddell, image via Will County Sheriff's Department