Schaumburg police release videos of armed robber

Schaumburg police Tuesday released security camera footage of two of the six recent armed robberies they believe to have been committed by the same man.

Sgt. John Nebl said police hope the video will help identify the armed robber.

Though police had released a rendering of the man based on his description, it's hoped that seeing his body language and demeanor will assist people in recognizing him.

The man has generally been described as 20 to 25 years old with black hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 8 inches tall and about 160 pounds.

He's been seen using a black mid-size vehicle with an Illinois license plate of an unknown number or a bicycle.

In most of the Schaumburg cases he's believed to have been involved in, the robber has displayed a dark-colored pistol and taken both cash and cigarettes after threatening the clerk on duty.

The security videos show the robberies at two locations. In the second video, there's a second employee present who appears to be oblivious to the robbery as he talks on a cell phone. Though the robber appears to point his gun at the retreating figure of this second employee, police said this was not an example of the robber panicking.

"There was no time in any of these robberies in which the offender felt nervous or threatened," Nebl said.

No one has been injured in the incidents, all of which have occurred at gas stations or convenience stores.

The robberies have occurred at 4 a.m. July 10 on the 1900 block of West Golf Road; just before 9 a.m. Aug. 9 on the 2300 block of West Bode Road; about 4:15 a.m. Aug. 12 on the 100 block of South Meacham Road; about 3:40 a.m. Aug. 18 on the 1100 block of South Springinsguth Road; and at both 6 a.m. Aug. 24 and 6:15 a.m. Aug. 29 at the same business on the 2300 block of Schaumburg Road.