By Jake Fogal
NORMAL – A Normal Juvenile has been arrested for two armed robbery incidents.
A 15-year old juvenile, formerly from Normal, first robbed Indy Smoke Shop at 112 North St. in March according to Normal police. In this incident the suspect entered the business, displayed a bb gun that looked like a firearm, and threatened the employee. The suspect gathered products from throughout the store and exited.
The second incident occured on August 21 at 707 Liguors on 315 West Beaufort Street. The juvinile suspect entered the business and threatened the employee behind the counter displaying a knife.
The Normal PD Criminal Investigations Division along with help from the Patrol Division were able to identify the suspect, recover clothing worn in the crime as well as recover the firearm used in the crime.
The juvenile suspect was arrested and transported to the McLean County Juvenile Detention Facility.
Jake Fogal can be reached at Jacob.Fogal@Cumulus.com.
