Crystal Lake Police Seek Suspect in Cash Store Robbery

The Crystal Lake Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating the suspect in a robbery on Saturday at The Cash Store, 1125 South Route 31. 

The Crystal Lake Police Department provided photographs from the robbery — and of the suspect vehicle — to the media Monday and is asking anyone with information regarding the robbery to contact Detective Majzner at 815-459-4481. 

The robbery occurred at about 12:23 p.m. when a man entered The Cash Store and demanded money, according to Crystal Lake Police Cmdr. Dan Dziewior.

The alleged robber was described as an African-American male wearing a grey pull-over style hooded sweatshirt, blue denim carpenter style pants, tan work boots, black knit mask and black gloves. He weighed about 230 pounds and was about 6 feet, 2-inches tall.

The man did not display a weapon, but he threatened the lives of the employees within the store, Dziewior stated in a press release. He took an undisclosed amount of cash before fleeing the scene in a vehicle that resembled a dark colored Dodge mini-van or Durango, police said.

No Cash Store employess were injured in the robbery, Dziewior said.

Information regarding the robbery also can be left anonymously via cellular phone by texting CLPDTIP along with the information to 847411 (tip411), through the web at HYPERLINK "www.citizenobserver.com/cov6/app/group.html?id=4930" or by calling Crime Stoppers at 800-762-7867.