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Charges filed against three men in connection with armed robbery in Aurora Township
Charges have been filed against three men in connection with an armed robbery in Aurora Township on Monday, the Kane County Sheriff's Office said in a news release on Friday.
The Sheriff's Office responded to a report of an armed robbery with shots fired on Monday evening on the 800 block of Konen Avenue in Aurora Township, according to past reporting.
According to a preliminary investigation, three people had approached a red Mitsubishi Outlander and demanded its driver, a man from Aurora, give them his money and cell phone. One of the individuals fired a weapon and injured the Aurora man's right leg, officials said.
The man was taken to Rush Copley Medical Center in Aurora with non-life-threatening injuries and later released, according to past reporting.
The individuals involved ran north from the scene of the incident, the Sheriff's Office previously said. Those who remained at the scene were detained, with one released with no charges and another held for further investigation and questioning, according to past reporting.
Police dogs and a drone were deployed to locate evidence and the individuals involved, officials said.
Charges have now been filed against three men in connection with the incident – Ellis A. Pryor, 20, 1700 block of Molitor Road in Aurora; Demeir L. Miller, 23, 800 block of North May Street in Aurora; and Francis E. Whitaker, 21, of the 800 block of Konen Avenue in Aurora, according to the press release.
All three men face charges including armed robbery with a firearm; armed robbery, discharged firearm causing great bodily harm or death; aggravated battery involving a discharged firearm; armed violence, committing a felony with a Category I weapon; aggravated unlawful restraint; mob action violence; aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon; and unlawful restraint. Whitaker also faces a charge of unlawful possession of a weapon in a vehicle with a previous conviction, the release stated.
