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Naperville man charged in liquor store burglary

A 29-year-old Naperville man has been charged in the burglary of a Naperville liquor store Sunday morning, police said.

Johnny Lee Robinson III is accused of smashing the glass on the back door of Jay's Food & Liquor at 535 Fairway Drive and setting off the burglar alarm about 7:38 a.m., according to a news release from Naperville police.

Officers arrived to find Robinson crawling through the broken back door with a crowbar in hand, officials said. He ran through the store and fled out the front door and across North Aurora Road toward a wooded area, where he was arrested.

Nothing was taken from the store, police said.

Robinson, of the 2900 block of Stonewater Drive, was charged with one felony count of burglary and a misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property, officials said.

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