BELLEVILLE, Il. (KSDK) -- Brandon D. Goff, 19, is charged with robbing a woman at gunpoint in a downtown Belleville parking lot.
Police say the victim, 38, was sitting in her car around 9:30 p.m. Thursday on South High Street when a man approached, opened the driver's door, pointed a gun in her face and demanded her purse.
The man took her purse, then took off in a truck.
Officers later spotted a truck matching the description and when they approached, the two men inside ran off. Officers obtained a search warrant and say they found evidence in the truck connected to the crime.
Police later arrested Goff who is charged with one count of armed robbery, a class X felony.
Bond is set at $500,000.
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