(PEORIA, IL) Monday, April 8, 2024, at approximately 12:36 p.m. Peoria Police responded to a business in the 500 block of Spring Street regarding an Armed Robbery.
When officers arrived, they made contact with a business employee who told police a male subject entered the store and displayed a handgun. The suspect then took money from a customer and fled the scene on foot. No one was injured.
Officers conducted a search of the area for the suspect with negative results.
This incident is under investigation. There is currently no suspect information.
If you have any information regarding this incident or any violent crimes, please contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521, tip411 (anonymously), or Crime Stoppers (anonymously) at (309) 673-9000.
UPDATE 6-13-24
During the course of this investigation, Peoria detectives identified 18-year-old Haywood Drummond as a suspect in this case.
On Thursday, June 13, 2024, at approximately 4:51 a.m. Peoria Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle in the 300 block of N. Saratoga.
During the stop officers made contact with Drummond and immediately took him into custody without incident.
Drummond was subsequently arrested for Armed Robbery.
He was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
If you have any information regarding any violent crimes, please contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521, tip411 (anonymously), or Crime Stoppers (anonymously) at (309) 673-9000.