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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 ›

Saturday, November 10, 2012

More Charges for Armed Robbery Suspect in Oak Lawn Standoff, Cops Say

Reginald Taylor, 47, faces additional charges for his role in the armed robbery of a Palos Heights Radio Shack store following Wednesday's standoff with Oak Lawn police, authorities said. More charges may be forthcoming from a Frankfort armed robbery.

A Chicago man charged in a standoff with Oak Lawn police is now accused of robbing the Palos Heights Radio Shack at gunpoint. Armed robbery charges were brought against Reginald Taylor, 47, of the 7100 block of South Harvard, in Chicago. Palos Heights police said Taylor drew a gun on employees on Nov. 7 inside the Harlem Avenue Radio Shack store. The Cook County States Attorney’s Office approved the charge on Friday. Two Radio Shack employees who were in the store when it was robbed picked Taylor out of a police lineup at the Oak Lawn police station on Thursday, police authorities said Taylor waited for customers to leave the Palos Heights store before locking the store's front door, police said. He pulled out a handgun, demanded money and…

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Radio Shack Robbery Suspect Charged in Oak Lawn Standoff, POLICE: Gunman Surrenders Peacefully After Standoff, and Armed Robbery on LaGrange Road (in Frankfort Patch)

Jerry Ritz

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