Illinois Man Robbed At Home By Men Posing As Uber-Eats Driver

There's pretty much always been food delivery of some sort, but when the pandemic kicked food delivery into high gear, the business of bringing online-ordered food to your door exploded and has never looked back.

The criminal element in our state and country have never looked back, either. They quickly discovered that all these food deliveries offered up an opportunity. They saw house after house quickly open their door for these delivery people, and figured that would be a great tactic to get into homes that they normally would have no shot of getting into.

Fake delivery drivers forcing their way into homes to strong-arm the home's occupants out of money and property is happening in every state, and an Illinois man just joined the list of victims.

A Homeowner In Rural Kankakee Was Zip-Tied And Robbed By 3 Men Who Forced Their Way Into His Home On Monday

According to a report from the Kankakee Sheriff's Office, one of the suspects went up to the man's front door, pretending to be a food delivery driver from Uber Eats.

The scenario in Kankakee on Monday unfolded the same way that many of these crimes do. While the homeowner was talking to the phony delivery driver and trying to sort things out, two men forced their way past him and into the house, zip-tied the man's wrists, and then ransacked the home.

Luckily, the homeowner wasn't injured in the robbery, but the thieves grabbed cash, electronics, and worst of all, several firearms.

There Is Some Good News In This Story...

And that would be the fact that the three perps were quickly caught by Kankakee County Sheriff's Police.

NBCChicago.com:

An investigation revealed information on the three suspects, and all three have been taken into custody, according to police. 41-year-old Marcus Phelan, 38-year-old James Schoeberl II and 29-year-old Ryan McManimen were all charged with home invasion, and all could face additional charges in the case, according to authorities.