COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — A West Town man who was robbed last month was able to identify his attacker through a mugshot in a previous DNAinfo story, prosecutors said.
DNAinfo Chicago wrote about Kenyon Armstrong, 18, earlier this month when he and two other men were charged in a Memorial Day stickup in West Town.
A 37-year-old reader recognized Armstrong as the man who jumped on him and stole his iPhone in the 1700 block of West Huron Street on May 1, Assistant State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto said during a bond hearing Tuesday.
That reader was subsequently able to identify Armstrong as his attacker in a photo array, and Armstrong was arrested on Thursday, according to an arrest report.
Armstrong, of the 400 block of East 133rd Street, now faces robbery and aggravated battery charges in the May 1 attack — in addition to the robbery, armed robbery and unlawful use of a weapon charges prosecutors already filed in the Memorial Day stickup.
A Cook County judge on June 1 set bail in the Memorial Day case at $500,000, prosecutors said.
Judge Laura Sullivan on Tuesday set bail in the new case at $100,000. To post bond, Armstrong would now need $60,000, or 10 percent of the combined bail.
The victim of the May 1 attack could not immediately be reached for comment.
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