April 29, 2025
Local News

Polo man charged with armed robbery of Casey’s

By BY RACHEL

This image, taken from store surveillance footage, shows the two men who police say robbed the Casey's General Store at 120 N. Division Ave., Polo, at gunpoint on May 21. (Submitted)

POLO – An 18-year-old Polo man was arrested Wednesday in connection with an armed robbery at a Casey’s General Store, and charges are pending against a second person, police said.

Polo police arrested Ricky J. Rippy, 18, around 8:30 a.m. at his home in the 500 block of East Buffalo Street and charged him with armed robbery, a Class X felony carrying a sentence of 6 to 30 years in prison.

Around 4:15 a.m. May 21, Polo police responded to a report of an armed robbery at Casey’s where two masked men, one brandishing a handgun, fled after stealing an undisclosed amount of cash.

“Charges are pending against a second individual, and the incident is still under investigation,” police Chief Kurt Cavanaugh said.

Rippy is in the Ogle County Jail pending a bond hearing.

The Illinois State Police and Ogle County Sheriff’s Department assisted in the investigation.

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