Cook County prosecutors charged Daquane Gary and Jerrod Evans with armed robbery after they allegedly took pizzas and petty cash at gunpoint from at least two different delivery men, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Police sources told reporters they found the 18-year-old men by tracking their footprints in the snow, which led from the scene of one of the crimes to Gary's home. They allegedly also found two guns and an unspecified quantity of marijuana.
The two were ordered held on $250,000 bail and most likely have already contacted a Chicago criminal attorney.
Two pizzas, two liters of RC Cola and $50 in petty cash were stolen from a Giorgino's Pizza delivery man in the South Side as his two daughters watched from his nearby delivery car, police told reporters.
Assistant State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto told reporters that Mr. Evans also took pizza and $25 in cash from another pizza delivery man at the same address in January.
Meanwhile, Mr. Evans's alleged accomplice Mr. Gary has been accused of targeting three other pizza delivery men at the same location in late January and early February. He allegedly took $100 and two pizzas on Jan. 24; $65 and fried chicken on Jan. 29; and $200, two pizzas and an iPhone on Feb. 8.
In all incidents, the delivery men (who worked for different restaurants) were "lured" to the address with an otherwise normal phone call request for a food delivery, the Sun-Times reports. The phone reportedly belonged to 25-year-old Jammal Durham, who also was arrested.
Police told reporters they found a semi-automatic handgun, a .38 caliber gun and an unspecified amount of marijuana in Durham's home.
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