Cops Capture 3rd Man in Connection with Old Plank Road Trail Robbery

The police arrested a third man in connection with a Wednesday night robbery on the Old Plank Road Trail.

Ryan Doolin, 20, was taken into custody at his Southgate Road home Friday.

Doolin — along with Jesse Mitchell, 22, of New Lenox, and Joshua Grebic, 21, of Wilmington — allegedly robbed a 15-year-old on the trail.

The teen met with Will County deputies at the New Lenox Police Department and reportedly told them he was heading to a friend’s house and walking on the trail near William Street when three men wearing bandannas over their faces approached him.

The teen said “one of the subjects ordered him to the ground and held a gun to the back of his head,” according to police. “The subjects then took off the juvenile’s outer clothing, stole his wallet, and threw his cell phone into the trees before running off.”

Less than three hours later, New Lenox police officers reportedly spotted three men matching the description of the bandits near the corner of Joliet Highway and Northgate Road. Two — Grebic and Mitchell — were arrested. Deputies decided the third was not involved and let him loose.

Police reportedly recovered a gun and drugs during a subsequent search.

Detectives believe the teen actually knows at least one of his alleged robbers, police said, and that he set up a meeting with them to “make an illicit purchase.”