By Dee Longfellow
For The Elmhurst Independent
Last week, the Independent brought the news that an aggravated robbery took place on Friday, July 15 at about 8:30 p.m. at the Dress Barn store, located at 167 So. Rte. 83 in Elmhurst.
According to Police Chief Michael Ruth, the offender had entered the Dress Barn at 8:25 p.m. claiming to be looking for a dress for his wife. Other customers were in the store at that time, so he left the store, but returned a short time later when the others had left. The offender then announced a robbery and implied that he had a weapon. After they opened the cash registers, employees were gathered into a bathroom, at which time the offender took cash from the registers and fled the store on foot, heading north
Working in conjunction with other jurisdictions, detectives from the Elmhurst Police Investigations Division developed information that subsequently identified the offender as: Anthony D. Harris, 40, of the 200 block of Blackberry Drive, Bolingbrook. On Thursday, July 21, Elmhurst detectives took Harris into custody without incident near his residence.
Harris was charged with Aggravated Robbery and transported to the DuPage County Jail.
