Two people are in custody, accused of committing an armed robbery early Monday at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Glen Ellyn where they previously had worked, police said.
Lauren M. Petty, 31, and Otis L. Ramsey, 46, were arrested near the restaurant in the parking lot of a motel where they had been long-term residents, police said. Each was charged with armed robbery.
According to police reports, about 1 a.m. Monday two individuals demanded money from an employee on duty at the restaurant in the 600 block of Roosevelt Road.
One of the suspects brandished what the employee believed to be a knife, but what was later determined by police to be a pair of long scissors, police said. The employee fled through the drive-thru window and the two suspects broke into the cash register and fled with an undisclosed amount of money, according to police.
After the employee called 911, police discovered two people matching the descriptions in the parking lot of the Budgetel motel. Both Petty and Ramsey are former employees at the Dunkin Donuts, police said.
Bill Holmer, Glen Ellyn’s assistant chief of police, said both suspects attempted to obscure their faces in an effort to hide their identities, but the employee recognized them, Holmer said.
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Wheaton police assisted the Glen Ellyn police in apprehending the suspects, Holmer said.