Elmhurst, Ill. — A May 30 news release reports that three Texas men were arrested in Elmhurst on May 29. These men allegedly stole cash from a vehicle in a bank “jugging” incident. Jugging is when criminals follow victims to another location to steal the cash after watching them withdraw money from a bank, Elmhurst Police Chief Michael McLean said.
Elmhurst Police received a call reporting a vehicle burglary in the Jewel Osco parking lot on Schiller Street. The call came at approximately 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 29. An employee spoke to officers about seeing a male suspect break a window of a locked car in the lot. The suspect then entered the rear seat of a gray crossover SUV. The vehicle’s owner had just driven from the Chase Bank across the street to Jewel Osco after withdrawing cash. While inside the store, the victim’s car was broken into and the cash he withdrew stolen.
The victim remembered a gray crossover SUV parked next to him at the Chase Bank. Elmhurst Police identified the suspect’s vehicle as a gray Chevrolet trax with a fraudulent paper Tennessee registration tag. Other area police departments were then notified of the incident.
Officers were notified at approximately 1:00 p.m. that the sam.e vehicle was involved in another vehicle burglary in Forest Park. The burglary had just occurred, and the vehicle was last seen headed westbound on I-290.
Elmhurst Police officers located the vehicle at approximately 1:25 p.m. in a disabled parking spot at the Wells Fargo Bank on Illinois Route 83 in Elmhurst. Officers approached the vehicle, where three men were occupying the SUV. Jamond D. Johnson, Jontrey R. Houston and Anthony D. Mackintrush, all Texas residents, were taken into custody. They were then transported to the DuPage County Jail for first appearance court.
“Fortunately, Elmhurst’s network of public safety cameras was able to identify the suspects and their vehicle, leading to their quick apprehension when they made the mistake of coming back to our community,” McLean said in the press release.
