Bartlett police arrest boy on armed robbery charge

Bartlett police arrested a boy Sunday on a juvenile charge of armed robbery that alleges he accompanied another boy not yet identified who threatened a person with a BB gun and stole a cellphone in a village park.

Officers called to Bartlett Park about 7 p.m. Sunday were told by the victim that two boys asked to borrow the phone to make a call. The boys then fled with the phone.

When the victim tried to catch them, one pulled what appeared to be a silver handgun from his waistband and made a threatening comment, police said.

Officers caught one of the boys near Lake Street and Oak Avenue. He was petitioned to Cook County Juvenile Court. Police sad they recovered a BB gun in the field behind Eastview Middle School.

Police are trying to identify the second boy involved who is alleged to have wielded the weapon during the robbery.