Robber takes cash, dinner from Bloomington delivery driver

Posted on March 7, 2018
Bloomington Police Department
Bloomington Police are looking for the man who took a dinner and cash on W. Division St. Tuesday evening. (WJBC file photo)

By Greg Halbleib

BLOOMINGTON – A chicken dinner didn’t make it to its delivery destination Tuesday night thanks to a robber according to Bloomington police.

A delivery driver told officers he arrived with the dinner in the 200 block of W. Division St. before 8 p.m. Tuesday when a man pushed him to the ground and took cash and the food.

The suspect is described as a black male about 30 years old, 5’8″ and thin with short hair or a bald head.

Call Bloomington Detective Curt Maas at 309-434-2534 or Crime Stoppers at 309-828-1111 with information.

Greg Halbleib can be reached at [email protected].

 

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