Crime of the Week

Armed Robbery

posted on January 22, 2015 11:53 Submit an online tip or call 217-788-8427

This week Crime Stoppers is seeking information about an armed robbery which took place at the Buffalo Wild Wings on Wabash Avenue in Springfield on December 7^th. In the robbery, 2 masked subjects with handguns entered the business after closing and robbed the manager who was preparing to leave. Investigators are following up on several leads in the armed robbery but need a couple pieces of information to close the case and make an arrest. Last week’s crime of the week was solved within a few hours by an anonymous tipster who will be paid in cash. Let’s make it two arrests from tips in two weeks…. give Crime Stoppers a call.

You can call us at 788-8427, you can use our website, find the heading on this page where you report a crime to Crime Stoppers, or you can text us by typing TIP672, then enter your message and send it to CRIMES. With your information we might solve this crime and you could earn cash if your information leads to the arrest. Remember Crime Stoppers doesn’t want your name, but we do want your information and we’ll pay up to $1000 for it!

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