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Bradley police arrest Kankakee man in connection with armed robbery of a business

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Bradley police arrested a Kankakee man after he allegedly robbed a business in the 100 block of North Kennedy Drive on Saturday.

Officers arrested 56-year-old Victor Clark, Bradley police said.

Kankakee County Circuit Clerk online records showed that Clark was charged by the Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office with armed robbery.

A Kankakee County Circuit judge granted the state’s motion to detain Clark, according to the court records.

According to Bradley police, officers responded about 8:50 a.m. in reference to a robbery in progress.

The caller advised that Clark was trying to steal the register and had some type of razor blade, police said.

When police arrived, the victim advised them that Clark fled with the register drawer containing an undisclosed amount of cash and coins, police said.

Clark had reportedly entered the store earlier that morning and tried to buy cigarettes without an ID, police said.

Clark reportedly returned to the store about 8:50 a.m., walked behind the counter and tried to take the cash register. While doing so, he put a sharp object toward the victim’s neck, police said.

The victim was able to run away from Clark and was not injured in the incident, police said.

Bradley detectives started to search the area for video and were able to find Clark’s vehicle and identify him as the person involved, police said.

Clark and his vehicle later were found in the 600 block of Fifth Avenue in Kankakee with the assistance of the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office and Kankakee Police Department, police said.

Through subsequent search warrants of Clark’s residence and vehicle, police were able to find and recover further evidence, police said.

Jeff Bonty

Jeff Bonty

Jeff Bonty has been a reporter with the Daily Journal for 38 years, splitting his time in sports and now news. He is a native of Indiana.