Man charged with robbing Dollar Store in Warrenville

A man who is accused of failing to show up for criminal court appearances multiple times is now charged with robbing a Dollar Store Plus in Warrenville.

Emmanuel Herrera-Mendez, 31, who lives in a motel in the 100 block of South Tyler Road in St. Charles, is charged with aggravated robbery. DuPage County Judge Joshua Dieden ordered Thursday that he be detained pretrial.

Prosecutors say Herrera-Mendez stole $211 around noon Wednesday from the store.

They said he went to a section of the store where shoes are displayed and indicated he wanted to buy shoes. A clerk came out from behind a register and asked Herrera-Mendez if he needed help.

Herrera-Mendez, with his left hand in a pocket, indicated he had a weapon and told the clerk to give him all the money.

As the clerk was opening the registers, Herrera-Mendez threatened to kill her if she didn’t give him the money, prosecutors say.

Police found him five minutes later at an apartment complex. Prosecutors say he had a vial with narcotic residue in it, and identification and credit cards belonging to other people.

He has active arrest warrants for failure to appear in DuPage County court in domestic battery, possession of fraudulent identification, possession of methamphetamine, possession of burglary tools and obstruction of justice cases, according to court records. He was supposed to appear in court on Jan. 23 on those cases.