An Indiana man is the second one to be charged in connection with the armed robbery of a jewelry store last year in downtown Arlington Heights, where police say masked thieves broke in, smashed sho…
The Arlington Heights Police Department announced charges Feb. 5, 2024 against another man in connection with the Jan. 2024 armed robbery of a local jewelry store.An Indiana man is the second one to be charged in connection with the armed robbery of a jewelry store last year in downtown Arlington Heights, where police say masked thieves broke in, smashed showcases and took off with several expensive pieces of jewelry.
As of Monday, Michael Nichols, 40, of the 800 block of East 36th Place, in Griffith, Indiana, continued to be held in Cook County Jail on a charge of felony armed robbery. He was arrested Feb. 5, according to an Arlington Heights Police Department news release.Cornell Martinez, of the 3500 block of South Rhodes Avenue, in Chicago, who was 27 years old at the time of his Nov. 2 arrest.
Martinez also continues to be held in Cook County Jail on the charges, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s website. The arrests come after an early afternoon smash-and-grab robbery Jan. 25, 2023 at Persin and Robbin Jewelers, 24 S. Dunton Ave. in Arlington Heights, where police say multiple offenders wore masks and used hammers to steal jewelry.The news release states that on Jan. 25, police responded to a call of an armed robbery in the downtown business district.
Nichols appeared in court Feb. 8 for a detention hearing at the courthouse in Rolling Meadows. He is scheduled to appear in court again March 1.Colorado librarians are now front-line crisis workers, managing homeless patrons, mental illness, book-banners‘Scary’ invasive and destructive worms are ruining soil and gardens. What you need to know.
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