A 20-year-old man already accused of robbing three passengers on CTA trains is now facing an additional charge: a smash-and-grab style holdup of a North Side smoke shop.
Prosecutors said in a detention petition that Kenyon Guillory and at least six other men stormed Galaxy Smoke Shop at 1349 West Morse Avenue on April 6. Guillory and some of his accomplices stood in front of the cashier with their hands tucked into their waistbands, where the clerk could see bulges that looked like firearms, prosecutors said.
“Do not try anything or else,” one of the robbers allegedly warned.
The crew, wearing masks, gloves, and mostly black clothing, went behind the counter and cleared out roughly $5,000 worth of tobacco, smoke, and vape products before fleeing onto a Red Line train, the petition said.
Guillory was identified by a police officer who recognized him on CTA surveillance video. Police also sent the video through a facial recognition system, which returned a match for Guillory, according to the filing. When officers questioned Guillory, he allegedly admitted his role in the robbery, telling them he sells stolen smokes on CTA trains.
While he was already detained for the previously filed cases, Judge Maryam Ahmad ordered Guillory detained on the new charge as well.
In the other pending cases, he’s charged with robbing Red Line passengers on April 6, April 7, and April 9. Police arrested him after the April 9 case, when two men, ages 25 and 27, flagged down officers at 87th Street around 9:45 p.m. and reported being robbed aboard a southbound train. The victims told police the attackers had just gone into a nearby BP station.
Inside the station, both victims identified Guillory and 30-year-old Kevin Stoner as the robbers.
During a detention hearing, prosecutors said Guillory held a knife to one victim’s side while Stoner rifled through his belongings, taking a debit card, a baseball cap, and a bottle of tequila. The strap on the man’s bag was also cut with a knife. In the same incident, prosecutors said Stoner hit the younger victim in the head with a glass bottle while Guillory went through his pockets, taking $30 and a bottle of liquor.
