Crime & Safety
Orland Park T-Mobile Bandits Captured
One man was arrested in Dolton and the other in Iowa.
Two men wanted for allegedly sticking up an Orland Park T-Mobile store have been apprehended.
Justin Martin, 22, was captured in Dolton on Thursday. James Harden, 29, was arrested in Iowa the day before.
Martin, a Dolton resident, and Harden, who is from Markham, allegedly held up the T-Mobile store on LaGrange Road near 156th Street on Sept. 13.
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Martin was arrested during a traffic stop.
On Sept. 15, Orland Park detectives learned of an armed robbery in Waterloo, IA, that bore similarities to the T-Mobile heist.
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“Orland Park police investigators began working closely through the night with Waterloo investigators sharing intelligence information,” according to a statement released by the Orland Park Police Department.
The cops reportedly ended up nabbing Harden in a Postville, IA, hotel.
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