Gas Station Robbed At Knifepoint In Carol Stream, Man Charged

CAROL STREAM, IL — A Lisle man has been accused of robbing a Carol Stream gas station with a folding pocket knife early Thursday and later resisting arrest while telling police "just shoot me." Paul Gleason, 34, was charged with armed robbery and resisting a peace officer in connection with the incident.

Police say Gleason walked into the Pilot gas station at 170 N. North Ave. just before 1:20 a.m., went up to the register and told the clerk, "I guess I'm going to have to rob [you.]" Gleason is then accused of taking a folding knife out of his pocket, opening it and displaying it for the clerk.

The clerk gave Gleason $120 from the register before Gleason fled, according to police.

Carol Stream police later came across Gleason along a road near the gas station. Police say Gleason ignored officers' commands while they were trying to take him into custody and that he said, "just shoot me," while holding "a black object" in his hand.

Gleason was eventually taken into custody.

“It is alleged that Mr. Gleason robbed the Pilot gas station at knifepoint, threatening a clerk who was just trying to make an honest living,” DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a news release. “This type of violent crime will not be tolerated in DuPage County."

Gleason is currently being held in DuPage County Jail on $250,000 bond. He is set to appear in court again May 27.