BB Gun Used By Palatine Teens In Failed Hold-Up: Prosecutors
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS , IL — Two Palatine teens face robbery charges after they allegedly brandished a BB gun during an attempted robbery in Arlington Heights over the weekend. Alexy Godoy, 19, and Exequiel Sosa-Barrientos, 18, were each charged with aggravated robbery stemming from the incident Sunday. Godoy is being held in Cook County Jail on $50,000 bail, while Sosa-Barrientos is in custody on $25,000 bail. According to prosecutors, a resident at the Stonebridge of Arlington Heights apartments saw the teens riding a bicycle together as he was driving up to the complex, the Daily Herald reports . Godoy allegedly followed the resident when he exited his car and walked up the stairs to his building behind him, the report stated. Godoy then allegedly pulled out what the resident thought was a gun, the report added. (Get Patch real- time email alerts for the latest Palatine news . And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.) The resident was able to get into his apartment, howe...