Wendy's Armed Robbery: Joliet Police Charge Inmate

Joliet IL

11 March, 2022

2:00 PM

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JOLIET, IL — Jaelyn Deon Gant, a 28-year-old Joliet man already in the Will County Jail in connection with a shooting and armed robbery at the Domino's Pizza on Collins Street, now faces felony charges in connection with the Wendy's robbery from January 2021. This week, Will County prosecutors have charged Gant with attempted aggravated robbery in connection with the crime at the Wendy's. The Joliet Police Department obtained a warrant for Gant's arrest, and Will County Judge Victoria Breslin has set Gant's bail at $150,000. On the morning of Jan. 22, 2021, a man approached the Joliet Wendy's restaurant drive-thru window on South Larkin Avenue, lifting his shirt, revealing a gun in his waistband. When the man demanded cash, the Wendy's employee retreated inside the restaurant, prompting the robber to eventually run away, according to police. According to Will County Jail records, Gant has remained in the Will County Jail since Joliet police took him into custody in Kankakee County on Feb. 22, 2021. On Jan. 14, 2021, Gant entered the Domino's Pizza at 571 Collins Street, demanding money and displaying a gun, according to police. While fleeing, Gant fired one gunshot at the Domino's employees, Joliet police said. In connection with the crime at Domino's, Gant is charged in Will County with two counts of armed robbery, being an armed habitual criminal and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. As a result of the Wendy's restaurant charges, Gant's total bail now stands at $1.3 million. He has remained in the Will County Jail since Feb. 22, 2021. Gant's Will County warrant states he lives in the 1000 block of the Lois Place apartment units. Total bail for Jaelyn Deon Gant is now $1.3 million. Mugshot via Will County Jail