Streamwood man charged with armed robbery in Clarendon Hills

A Streamwood man has been accused of robbing a man at gunpoint in Clarendon Hills.

Bail was set at $200,000 Sunday for Cody Johnson, 21, of the 1200 block of Klafter Court.

The DuPage County state's attorney's office says that at 2:48 p.m. Saturday, police were called to an armed robbery on Richmond Avenue. The victim reported he had arranged to sell Johnson a cellphone for $300. When they went to a laundry room in the apartment complex to complete the sale, Johnson pulled out a gun, threatened to shoot the victim, racked the slide of the gun in the victim's face and then grabbed the phone, police said.

Johnson was still at the apartment complex when police arrested him. It turned out the gun was a pellet gun, police said.

Prosecutors asked DuPage County Judge Jeffrey MacKay to deny bail for Johnson. In their petition, they said the victim told police he knew Johnson from when both attended the same middle school. Prosecutors say Johnson often stayed with a woman in the complex, and that police were familiar with Johnson from previous contacts.

He would have to post $20,000 bond to be released pretrial. Johnson's next court date on this case is Feb. 27.

He has a court date Tuesday in a 2022 case alleging illegal possession of fentanyl.