Three charged with robbing 7-Eleven stores

Three people were charged with robbing 7-Eleven stores in Elgin and Elk Grove Village, police announced Friday afternoon.

Mark Ayala, 18, of the 4100 block of N. Central Park Avenue in Chicago; Reuben Miller, 22, of the 1500 block of Birch Avenue in Hanover Park; and Kristie L. McGillis, 19, of the 1200 block of Carswell Avenue in Elk Grove Village, were arrested by Elk Grove Village police, Elgin Police Cmdr. Glenn Theriault said.

Elgin police responded to a call shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday for report of an armed robbery at the 7-Eleven in the 900 block of Summit Street.

Police were told two men entered the business, one displaying a handgun and the other demanding cash from the register. The subjects fled the scene after taking cash and cigarettes. No one was injured.

At about 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, a 7-Eleven store in the 500 block of Landmeier Road in Elk Grove Village was robbed. Ayala, Miller and McGillis were taken into custody that night, Theriault said.

All three were charged with one count each of armed robbery based on interviews with Elgin police detectives, witness information and physical evidence, Theriault said.

A Cook County judge set bond Friday for Ayala at $100,000, Miller at $175,000, and McGillis at $50,000. All three were being held in Cook County jail.