Arrests Made In 7-Eleven Armed Robbery Where Clerk Was Maced: Park Ridge PD

PARK RIDGE, IL — Two arrests have been made following an investigation into an armed robbery at a 7-Eleven last month. Park Ridge police said two 16-year-old males were arrested Monday and detained at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center pending a formal juvenile court petition hearing.

At around 8:02 p.m. Aug. 5, police responded to a hold-up alarm at the 7-Eleven gas station at 814 Higgins Road. A store employee told police that the two juveniles had entered the gas station and proceeded to walk around the counter, where they sprayed the clerk with a chemical agent, believed to be mace.

In Patch's original report, police had said the two were dressed as females, but that detail is not included in an update released Friday.

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Police said the pair took several cartons of cigarettes and bottles of liquor before fleeing from the store. The two were last seen on foot heading south on Cumberland Avenue. The store clerk was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

Park Ridge detectives conducted multiple interviews and reviewed surveillance camera footage, which they say led to the identification of the suspects, who were positively identified by the victim.