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A getaway driver charged in connection with the shooting, beating and robbery of a gas station clerk in Marengo has been sentenced by a judge to 13 years in prison.
Police in Marengo are looking for two suspects who shot a clerk last week, and investigators say they might also be tied to robberies in Aurora, Naperville and Downers Grove. "The part that sticks in my head most is my jeans, that the fibers, blowing outwards when he pulled the trigger," he said. The father of five said it was his faith that kept him calm. His wife Melissa said the scary ordeal has brought their family even closer. "It's humbling that anybody can be put in this position," she said. "In a moment's notice, that you're this close to losing someone you love."
Updated 3/3/2021 4:59 PM It's been a week since Brian Pemble, working the overnight shift at the Marengo Circle K/Shell, was shot in the leg during an armed robbery committed by two men. Pemble, who had been working at the gas station at 600 N. State St. as a second job for about three and a half to four months, told the Northwest Herald he can remember "pretty much everything" that happened that night. He was filling the gas station's beer cave late Feb. 24 when he heard the door chime signal that someone had walked in. Pemble walked out of the cave.
Two Marengo shooting suspects have been linked to an Aurora robbery spree, police say.
Marengo gas station robbers linked to three Aurora robberies Authorities say these two men, who robbed a Marengo gas station and shot an employee on Wednesday, are also being linked to three convenience store robberies in Aurora on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Courtesy of Marengo police Marengo police responded about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday to the Circle K/Shell gas station at 600 N. State St. for a gunshot victim and armed robbery. The same two robbers are also believed to be responsible for three convenience store robberies in Aurora. Alex Vucha/Courtesy Shaw Media Updated...