Rogers Park man robbed victim of phone, e-bike: prosecutors

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Nehemiah Jones (Chicago Police Department)

CHICAGO — A North Side man is charged with pulling a gun on a Rogers Park resident and taking the victim’s electric bike and phone. Judge Deidre Dyer detained Nehemiah Jones, 18, to await trial on a charge of armed robbery.

The robbery occurred around 7:45 p.m. on June 12, but police recently arrested Jones to face charges in the case after seeing him walking in Rogers Park while wearing a sweatshirt identical to the robber’s, officials said.

Jones initiated the robbery by asking to borrow a 22-year-old man’s phone to call for a ride, prosecutors said. The victim agreed and handed over the device. That’s when Jones demanded the phone’s passcode.

When the victim asked why Jones needed the code, Jones pulled out a gun and demanded his other valuables, prosecutors said in a detention petition. Upon seeing the weapon, the victim got off his e-bike, ran into his nearby apartment building, and called 911.

Jones allegedly left with the victim’s phone and bike. A witness and the victim identified Jones, officials said, and Jones allegedly identified himself in surveillance images of the robber.

Chicago police records show that another victim reported that someone tried to rob them at gunpoint in the same alley just two hours before the holdup Jones is accused of committing. No one has been charged in that case.

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