New Lenox Domino's Robbed At Gunpoint, Joliet Man Hits 2 Other Spots Before He's Captured: Police

NEW LENOX, IL — A Domino's in New Lenox was robbed at gunpoint late Friday night, with the suspect then hitting two other locations before being arrested in Minooka, police said.

Police were called just before 11 p.m. Friday to the Domino's Pizza, 13150 W. Lincoln Highway, for a report of an armed robbery. Employees told police a masked man with a handgun came into the store and demanded money. He made off with $500 in cash before fleeing on foot, police said.

Surveillance footage was not immediately available, but delivery employees told police they had seen a dark SUV parked nearby with a man in the driver's seat. New Lenox police later learned that overnight, businesses in other towns had been robbed by a man matching the description and with a similar vehicle.

Early the next morning, within several hours of the New Lenox robbery, a Joliet gas station at Route 59 and Caton Farm was robbed just before 2 a.m., followed by a Circle K gas station at 1501 N. Division St. in Morris at 2:50 a.m. Morris police said the male suspect there displayed a black handgun, demanded money from the cash register and lottery machine, and fled. Police put out suspect and vehicle information immediately, and just before 3 a.m., Minooka police stopped the vehicle.

The driver—identified as DeVion Smith, 27, of Joliet—was found with a ski mask, handgun and several hundreds of dollars in cash, New Lenox police said.

Morris police charged Smith with armed robbery and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon,and he was taken to the Grundy County Jail. The case will be reviewed for additional charges in Grundy and Will Counties, Morris police said.

Joliet police said Monday that they had a person of interest in their local incident, but no charges had been filed yet.

The New Lenox robbery remains under investigation.