WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- Two men were arrested and charged in connection with a string of robberies of gold chains in north suburban Waukegan, police said.
Allan L. White, 20, and Manros Nickens III, 20, were arrested July 10 after police conducted a two-week investigation of the incidents; most were caught on surveillance video that police say show White committing the robberies while Nickens waits in a getaway vehicle.
White is charged with six counts of robbery, two counts of aggravated battery and one count of endangering the life of a child. Nickens is charged with four counts of robbery, two counts of aggravated battery and one count of endangering the life of a child. Both are being held on $500,000 bond and will appear in court on July 28.