Hotel robbed near Elk Grove Village
A Days Inn near Elk Grove Village was robbed at gunpoint Monday evening, Cook County sheriff's officials said.
The armed robbery took place at 6:45 p.m. at the hotel on the 1900 block of East Higgins Road in an unincorporated area near Elk Grove Village, said Sophia Ansari, a spokeswoman for the sheriff's office.
A man, described as a black male, 6 foot, age 25 to 30 years old, showed a gun to the female employee before taking an undisclosed amount of money and leaving in a burgundy-colored SUV.
Nobody was injured, Ansari said.
Cook County sheriff's officers investigate an armed robbery Monday night at a Days Inn in Elk Grove. Here, patrons mill about as officers work near the lobby.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Cook County Sheriff's officers investigate an armed robbery Monday night at a Days Inn in Elk Grove. Here, a clerk answers the telephone at the lobby desk.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
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