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Police: Chicago Heights Store Robbed At Gunpoint

CHICAGO HEIGHTS (STMW) -- Two men robbed a Radio Shack in Chicago Heights at gunpoint Friday afternoon, police said.

According to police, the men walked into the store with a gun about 12:30 p.m. They ordered the store's two employees and customers to remove their phones.

The men filled a laundry bag with the cell phonesas well as video recorders and DVD players, police said. They left the store after ordering everyone into the bathroom.

Police traced one of the phonesback to a house in Park Forest, according to police. They searched the house and recovered some of the property from the robbery.

No one was in the house and no arrests have been made, police said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2012. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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