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Fuller Park Man Robbed Two Students Returning to College, Prosecutors Say

By Quinn Ford | August 6, 2014 7:56am
 Jeremy Ollie, 21, is facing two felony counts each of armed robbery and unlawful restraint.
Jeremy Ollie, 21, is facing two felony counts each of armed robbery and unlawful restraint.
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COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — A Fuller Park man was ordered held without bail Tuesday after prosecutors said he and another man robbed two students at gunpoint on their drive back to college.

Jeremy Ollie, 21, of the 4300 block of South Shields Avenue, has been charged with multiple felony counts of armed robbery and aggravated unlawful restraint.

About 10 p.m. Friday, Ollie and another man, armed with a chrome-plated revolver, forced their way into a car in the 4700 block of South Princeton Avenue, according to prosecutors and police reports.

Inside the car were two college students, ages 18 and 19, who were about to begin their trip back to school in Texas, prosecutors said.

Ollie and the other man got into the back seat of the car, told the men to roll up the windows and drive to the 4300 block of South Shields, prosecutors said.

When they arrived on the block, Ollie told the two men to get out of the car and leave it running while Ollie's accomplice forced the men against the side of building on the block, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said Ollie held a gun to the driver's chest as he took his iPhone and wallet, which contained $300.

The two men then fled the scene. Two days later, Ollie was arrested at his home after he was identified in a photo lineup, according to court records.

Ollie, who is a documented member of the Mickey Cobras street gang, is on parole for a 2011 conviction for residential burglary, according to Illinois Department of Corrections records. Ollie was sentenced to four years in prison in that case but was paroled in July 2013.

In bond court Tuesday, Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. said he considered the "sheer terror [the] victims felt that night" when denying Ollie bond.

"You are a dangerous individual," Bourgeois said before sending the 21-year-old back to the lockup.

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