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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Ex-Con Charged With Radio Shack Robberies Pleads Not Guilty

Reginald Taylor, 47, of Chicago has pleaded not guilty to felony charges in two separate armed robbery cases and was given a $500,000 bond.

A Chicago man charged with robbing at least two area Radio Shack stores has pleaded not guilty. Reginald Taylor, 47, was apprehended in Oak Lawn after holding police at bay with a handgun was charged with robbing the Frankfort Radio Shack. He had already faced robbery charges in connection with a Nov. 7 stickup at the Radio Shack on Harlem Avenue in Palos Heights.  Taylor has two cases with several felony charges, including armed robbery, being an armed habitual criminal possession/use of a weapon by a felon, aggravated robbery and aggravated unlawful restraint.  Cook County Judge John J. Hynes issued a $500,000 bond in the new cases when Taylor appeared in court on Thursday, Dec. 19. Taylor's most recent arrest was in violation of parole…

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POLICE: Gunman Surrenders Peacefully After Standoff, Village of Frankfort Administration Building (in Frankfort Patch), Chicago Man Accused of Radio Shack Armed Robbery (in Palos Patch), and 1 more ›

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Frankfort Cops Charge Ex-Con With Radio Shack Robbery

The same Chicago man allegedly robbed two different Radio Shacks in a week before holding police at bay during an hour-long standoff.

An ex-con apprehended in Oak Lawn after holding police at bay with a handgun was charged with robbing the Frankfort Radio Shack. Reginald Taylor, 47, of 7121 S. Harvard Ave. in Chicago already faced robbery charges in connection with a Nov. 7 stickup at the Radio Shack on Harlem Avenue in Palos Heights. In that robbery, Taylor allegedly waited for customers to leave the Palos Heights Radio Shack and locked the store's front door. He then reportedly brandished a handgun, demanded cash and absconded with what employees gave up. Taylor headed from Palos Heights to Oak Lawn, where he went into another Radio Shack, police said. An employee of that store recognized Taylor and somebody called the cops. Taylor fled but officers cornered him in the…

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POLICE: Gunman Surrenders Peacefully After Standoff, Village of Frankfort Administration Building (in Frankfort Patch), Chicago Man Accused of Radio Shack Armed Robbery (in Palos Patch), and 1 more ›

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