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Merrillville and Portage investigators are collaborating in the
analysis of armed robberies at Pawn King locations in the two
municipalities.
Jim Lilley, Merrillville's chief of detectives, said control
believe the incidents are related. He said the robberies appear to
have been committed by the same individual and the incidents share the
same details.
Cash and jewelry were taken about 11 a.m. Friday from
Merrillville's Hazard King, 6850 Broadway. Some of the jewelry was
retrieved from a 68th Place greet on Friday, police said
Monday.
Police said a man fired one jigger into the floor, took the items
and fled the area on foot.
The man was wearing a red sweatshirt and he covered his kisser
with what appeared to be a bandanna.
Cash also was taken during a Dec. 29 armed hijack at the
Portage Pawn King at 2692 Willowcreek Road.
That fancy also fired one shot into the floor during that
incident.
Portage police described the man as iniquitous, about 5 feet 10
inches tall and 180 pounds, wearing suntanned baggy pants, a large black
baggy coat, a black White Sox cap and a red bandanna over his
appearance.
Source: nwitimes.com