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2 Sandwich residents, Romeoville teen arrested in Bolingbrook armed robbery

A Bolingbrook police squad vehicle seen in 2022.

Bolingbrook police have charged two men in connection with an armed robbery that took place Tuesday afternoon in the 100 block of Nutwood Court.

Officers responded to the scene shortly after 12:30 p.m. after receiving a report of an armed robbery that occurred inside a residence where the victim had agreed to purchase items being offered for sale, police said.

The initial investigation led to officers recovering five firearms and the arrests of three suspects: 19-year-old Julius Kidd of Sandwich, 19-year-old Jelani Whitfield of Sandwich and a 17-year-old Romeoville resident.

Kidd and Whitfield each have been charged with armed robbery, aggravated battery, three counts of aggravated possession of a stolen firearm and resisting arrest, police said.

No information was provided about the 17-year-old.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Bolingbrook Police Department’s Raid, Entry and Containment Team executed an additional search warrant at a residence in the 100 block of Nutwood Court, which resulted in the recovery of additional evidence related to the robbery, police said.

Julius Kidd, 19, Sandwich
Jelani Whitfield, 19, of Sandwich

Jessie Molloy

Jessie has been reporting in Chicago and south suburban Will and Cook counties since 2011.