Teen arrested in connection to Nov. 8 armed robbery in DeKalb

A teenager was arrested Tuesday in DeKalb in connection to a Nov. 8 armed robbery after authorities searched a home near Mitchell Elementary School, police said. DeKalb Police Cmdr. Sonny Streit said the teenager was taken into custody. “They were arrested for what we were looking for in the search warrant,” Streit said.The search warrant was in reference to an armed robbery that took place on Sunday, Nov. 8, in the 1000 block of North Annie Glidden Road, police said. No injuries were reported during the alleged robbery.Streit said the business wasn’t robbed, but an individual there was robbed.“The search warrant was to find the person and property that was taken,” Streit said. The city of DeKalb released an emergency alert at about 1:49 p.m. Tuesday asking the public to avoid the 800 block of Edgebrook Drive while police investigated “an incident.” The alert said the police activity didn’t involve school property.Mitchell Elementary School went into a brief lockdown while police inves