Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested in Elmhurst Monday Now Faces Charges in Two Counties

Jason Logsdon, already facing 11 counts of armed robbery in Cook County, now faces four more counts in DuPage. The DuPage charges carry a total maximum sentence of 120 years.

The so-called "Salon Bandit," already charged with 11 counts of armed robbery for crimes he allegedly committed in Chicago and the north suburbs, has now been charged with similar crimes in DuPage County. DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, Bensenville Police Chief Frank Kosman, Glen Ellyn Police Chief Philip Norton and Lombard Police Chief Ray Byrne announced today that charges have been filed against Jason Logsdon, 41, of 900 Chicago Ave., Evanston, for allegedly robbing four DuPage County businesses in the past two months. He was arrested on Monday in Elmhurst. Logsdon allegedly entered each establishment disguised and armed with a pellet gun. Once inside the stores, prosecutors say he pointed his gun at the clerk and demanded…

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Hair Salon Bandit Arrested in Elmhurst Monday Charged with 11 Counts of Armed Robbery

Evanston man is suspected in 11 robberies in Cook County and four in DuPage.

The Cook County State's Attorney's Office on Wednesday approved 11 counts of armed robbery charges, all Class X felonies, against Jason Logsdon, 41, of the 900 block of Chicago Avenue in Evanston. Logsdon is believed to be responsible for a total of 15 robberies, but the remaining four occurred in DuPage County, where officials still are continuing their investigation, police said. Logsdon appeared in court Wednesday morning but was taken away by ambulance to a nearby hospital. It is unclear why he was taken to the hospital. He Was Stopped in Elmhurst Logsdon was driving the vehicle used during the robberies when he was pulled over Monday in Elmhurst, Skokie police Cmdr. Brian Baker said at a Wednesday press conference. “At 6:18 p.m. on …

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Mike Worrell

7:50 pm on Thursday, February 7, 2013

He's lucky his activities preceded any concealed carry law being enacted. A permit holding stylist might have taken a few inches off the top.   more ›

Elmhurst Police Hunt Armed Robbery Suspect in Lombard, Man Arrested for Soliciting Sex

And, missing person found unconscious.

Elmhurst police and their K-9 unit were dispatched twice Sunday night to assist other agencies. At 9:40 p.m., they were dispatched to Lombard to assist in the tracking of a suspect after an armed robbery at 9:40 p.m. Jan. 6. The robbery was reported at the 7-Eleven at Crescent and St. Charles Road, near Interstate 355. The suspect was seen running westbound. At 9:46 p.m. the same night, Elmhurst police were dispatched to Villa Park to assist with a call for shots fired at Motel 6, 10 W. Roosevelt Road. No weapon or shell casings were discovered, according to a police report. Police did not indicate if the two cases were related. Thomas D. Sims, 28, 275 W. North Ave., Elmhurst, was arrested and charged with solicitation of a sex act after …

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Karen Chadra

12:20 am on Friday, May 3, 2013

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DuPage County Court Watch

Man Accused of Robbing Elmhurst Shell at Gunpoint Says Police Violated His Rights

Here's a look at cases we're following in DuPage County courts.

The Chicago man accused of robbing the Shell gas station at 926 N. York in September wants a judge to throw out evidence in his case because police violated his rights. According to court records, Mario Williams, 24, who has pleaded not guilty to armed and aggravated robbery charges, claims police unlawfully detained him and unlawfully seized evidence by stopping a taxi based on a "hunch" shortly after the holdup. Williams is accused of robbing the Shell station and then running from the scene. Elmhurst police arrested him after they found him in a 303 Taxi cab on North Virginia Lane. Evidence of the robbery was found in the taxi, but Williams' attorney argues that police had no good cause—including no way to identify a robbery suspect or …

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Police Investigate Armed Robbery at the Shell Station on Butterfield Wednesday

Elmhurst Patch was contacted by several people who witnessed the police activity on their way to work.

Commuters headed to work witnessed multiple squad cars and police officers fanned out around the area of Butterfield and Spring roads Wednesday morning as police searched for a robbery suspect. An employee of Shell, 301 W. Butterfield Road, told police that a man walked up to the counter at 5:57 a.m., looked outside, then said "open" while pointing a screwdriver at the employee in a threatening manner. The employee opened the register and the suspect reached over the counter and took all of the $1 and $5 bills, totalling about $100, police said. He then left the store and headed northbound on Spring Road toward Eldridge Park. Police set up a perimeter and used a K-9 to track the suspect. One witness told Elmhurst Patch Wednesday that …

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Man Pulls a Gun on Three People Walking in Wilder Park Tuesday

The victims said they think the gun might have been a toy.

Three people walking in Wilder Park were confronted by two men with a gun Tuesday evening, Elmhurst police said. Police responded to the park after receiving a call for an attempted armed robbery at about 8 p.m. Tuesday. The three victims told police that two black men in their late teens approached them. One of them took out a silver handgun, cocked it and placed it to one victim's head. The three told police that when the man cocked the gun, it sounded like it was made out of plastic, so they continued walking. They said the suspects ran away, toward Immaculate Conception High School. Police set up a perimeter and conducted a K-9 search, but the suspects were not found.

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Independence666

9:57 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012

Let's catch them then........   more ›

Courtwatch: Chicago Man Denies He Held Up Elmhurst Shell Station

Here's a look at cases we're keeping an eye on in DuPage County.

A 24-year-old Chicago man has denied charges he held up a gas station in Elmhurst. Mario Williams, who is on parole for retail theft, remains in DuPage County Jail on $300,000 bail charged with armed robbery and aggravated robbery. Police previously said Williams used a semi-automatic handgun while demanding cash from an employee of the Shell Station in the 900 block of North York Road on Sept. 12. Williams was captured after he tried to flee by taking a taxi out of the area. He was arraigned during an Oct. 15 hearing, court records show. He returns to court in November. Also in DuPage County Courts: Naperville—A Naperville man accused of stabbing his mother in 2011 after she offered to make him a sandwich has been deemed fit to stand …

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Man Pulls Knife in Attempt to Steal Marijuana and Money

Admissions all around, no charges filed.

Elmhurst police responded to an attempted armed robbery on the 100 block of East Third Street at about 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19. Multiple victims told police a man had been threatening them with a knife. The offender admitted to threatening the victims with a knife because they owed him money, police said. He also admitted to attempting to rob a victim of his marijuana and money. The victims refused to sign complaints and no charges were filed. The age and the name of the suspect was not released.

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Police Capture Armed Robbery Suspect After Search in North Elmhurst Wednesday

Chicago man is being held without bond.

Elmhurst police captured the person they believe robbed a Shell gas station at gunpoint after they tracked him down in a north Elmhurst neighborhood Wednesday night. Mario Williams, 24, 408 E. 62nd, Unit 1, Chicago, was arrested and charged  with armed robbery after he was tracked to North Virginia Lane Sept. 12. Police were called to the Shell station, 926 N. York, at about 7:40 p.m. The clerk described Williams, who reportedly was wearing a black hat and had a black bandana covering his face. The clerk said he displayed a black, semi-automatic handgun and demanded money. The clerk gave him about $600 or $700, and Williams fled on foot, eastbound across York Road, police said. Multiple officers responded and coordinated a search in the …

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Gigi

12:03 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012

Understood, buddy. I was a little slow on the uptake not to recognize your pre-emptive comment! On the serious side, though, I was a forty year resident of OP and am relieved to see trouble nipped in the bud in Elmhurst. It saddens me to visit OP and see how comparatively dingy the properties appear with the mammoth taxes taken into consideration. I miss the village and wish it well, but feel my …   more ›

Elmhurst College Football Standout Gets Six Years for Christmas Eve Holdup

Rodney Payton pleaded guilty to robbing an Elmhurst man of his Air Jordans.

Rodney Payton, a former Nazareth Academy and Elmhurst College football player, was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty Aug. 24 to an armed robbery charge, court records show. Police arrested Payton, of Bellwood, in December for his role in a Christmas Eve hold up of a man for his new Air Jordan shoes as part of a ruse set up on Craigslist. He was 22 at the time of the crime. No one else has been charged in the case. Prosecutors slightly amended the charge Payton admitted to by removing the word firearm and replacing it with "bludgeon," records state. Payton's sentence came amid an outpouring of support from family and others, including the Nazareth Academy president and Payton's college football coach, who asked in …

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Karen Chadra

7:05 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012

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