A 52-year-old Chicago woman has pleaded not guilty in connection to an August robbery of an elderly woman in Aurora.
Annette Minnis was indicted in November on charges of robbery and aggravated battery alleging she pushed down a 67-year-old Aurora woman in order to steal her purse containing credit cards, cash, personal identification and an iPhone, according to court records. Minnis is free on $150,000 bail.
Aurora police said they were able to catch Minnis with the help of a witness who photographed the license plate on Minnis’ car and a relative of the elderly woman who tracked the stolen phone to an apartment in Downers Grove where the woman’s purse was located.
Minnis is scheduled to return to court before Kane County Judge James Hallock on March 9.
Dan Campana is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.