LeRoy Police investigate armed robbery

Posted on March 14, 2017

The LeRoy Police Department reports two 18-year-old men were robbed at gunpoint on Sunday night. (Photo courtesy LeRoy Police Department)

By Eric Stock

LeROY – Police in LeRoy say two teenagers were robbed at gunpoint Sunday night and the search continues for suspects.

The two 18-year-old men told police they were “hanging out” in the woods along the railroad tracks near the Bradlee Park apartment complex when two suspects wearing hoodies and masks and armed with handguns “came out of nowhere” and robbed them shortly before 10 p.m. The two victims said they were also beaten, one of them had to got the hospital but has since been released.

Police say no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call LeRoy Police Sergeant Nathan Wilkins at 309-962-3310.

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