Crime & Safety

Cab Driver Robbed at Gun Point on Christmas

Man demanded money and driver's cell phone before running off.

A Lisle cab driver was robbed at gun point on Christmas in .

According to police reports, a female cab driver picked up a man, described to be in his mid-20s, in Downers Grove at 2:34 on Christmas morning.

Once at the man's destination—the intersection of Liberty Drive and Pinecrest Road in Bolingbrook—the man put a handgun to the driver's head and demanded money and her cell phone.

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The man then fled on food, heading south on Pinecrest, Lieutenant Mike Rompa said.

The cab was processed for evidence and the incident remains under investigation.

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