A woman has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery with shots fired in Rock Island Saturday night.
At approximately 9:57 p.m., the Rock Island Police Department responded to the 500 block of 6th Street for a report of an armed robbery and shots fired. Officers learned a female suspect approached the victim and demanded money while threatening her with a gun. The suspect had also held the victim against her will inside her home. The victim was able to escape, and a shot was reportedly fired, but the victim was not injured.
Members of the Emergency Response Team and the Rock Island County Sheriff’s Department conducted a search warrant of another residence in the 500 block of 6th Street at approximately 7:07 a.m. Sunday. As a result of that search, Tonya L. Jones, 48, was taken into custody.
Jones has been charged with Armed Robbery, with bond set at $100,000 (10%) and was remanded to the Rock Island County Jail.
The incident remains under investigation by the Rock Island Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division; no further information is available at this time.
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