Armed robbery occurs near earlier carjacking in Arlington Heights

Arlington Heights police are not ruling out a connection between a New Year's Day armed robbery and a carjacking that occurred just blocks away about a week earlier. Both crimes happened in apartment complexes along Goebbert Road just north of Algonquin Road.

In the Jan. 1 case, a resident of a condominium complex on the 2300 block of South Goebbert Road was robbed at gunpoint in her building lobby at 1:38 p.m. after a man followed her in from the parking lot, Crime Prevention Officer Brandi Romag said Wednesday.

The victim told police when she got out of her car and saw the man, she became uncomfortable. After she used her key to get in the building, the man followed, then threatened her with a black semi-automatic pistol and took her purse, Romag said.

The thief is described as a black man in his 20s, 6 feet tall with a medium build, last seen wearing a dark blue hooded jacket, jeans and a knit hat.

Just north of that location about noon Dec. 23, a man approached a woman who was outside her vehicle at an apartment complex on the 2100 block of South Goebbert Road, pointed a handgun at her and demanded the keys to her vehicle.

The woman handed over the keys and the man fled in her vehicle, a Silver 2008 Pontiac G6 with Illinois license plate Z203711. The carjacker was described as male, black, with a medium build, and about 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, wearing a black hoodie and black clothing.

Anyone with information can submit an anonymous tip by texting the keyword 847AHPD and the message to 847411 or call Arlington Heights Crime Stoppers at (847) 590-STOP. Callers are guaranteed anonymity and may qualify for a cash reward of up to $1,000.