18-Year-Old Charged With Armed Robbery Of Jogger In Wilmette

WILMETTE, IL — A Chicago man arrested while driving a stolen car this week has been identified as the culprit who robbed a jogger at gunpoint earlier this month in Wilmette, police said.

Saul Esquivel, 18, of the 7400 block of North Damen Avenue, was taken into custody Tuesday by officers from the Lincolnwood and Skokie police departments, police said.

Esquivel had a silver semiautomatic handgun with him that matched the description of the gun used in the May 4 armed robbery in Wilmette, according to police.

Police said he also confessed to involvement in robbery of the jogger.

In that incident, a 44-year-old woman was jogging on a sidewalk when she was approached by two male robbers in a car near Beechwood Avenue and Hunter Road around 9 a.m.

The attackers stole the jogger's cellphone and fled the scene in a black sedan, police said, describing them as "two males wearing bandanas over their faces."

Wilmette police said the investigation continues into the second robber, who presently remains at large.

Cook County prosecutors approved charges of armed robbery, possession of a stolen vehicle and misdemeanor unlawful use of a weapon for Equivel, police said.

He is due in court for a first appearance Friday afternoon in Skokie.