COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — A University of Illinois at Chicago student was waiting for a shuttle to work in the 800 block of West Maxwell Street early Monday morning when a man approached and asked to use his cellphone.
When the 20-year-old student declined, the man put his hand in his shirt to suggest he had a gun and demanded money, according to a police report. The student said he had no money, so the robber took the phone, police said.
The robber fled, prosecutors said. But after the student called police and was picked up by the shuttle, he spotted the robber.
Demarlin Brewer, 40, of south suburban Matteson, was arrested shortly before 7 a.m. in the 1600 block of South Halsted Street, according to court records. He is charged with aggravated robbery.
Brewer was ordered held on $75,000 bail by a Cook County judge during a brief court hearing on Tuesday.
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