22-Apr-18 – Two convicted felons, including one on parole for murder, have been charged with robbing a ride-hailing service passenger in River North.

Early Friday morning, detectives working an anti-robbery mission began surveillance of a vehicle that was suspected of being used in a ride-hailing robbery on April 13. Detectives watched 51-year-old Robert Archer and 45-year-old Stacey Means use the car to pick up a victim near West Kinzie Street & North Clark Street at around 3:30 a.m.

Robert Archer (far left) and Stacey Means.

Surveillance continued as the men drove the victim to an ATM, forced the victim to withdraw money, and then robbed the victim of valuables, according to police. Archer and Means were arrested minutes later. They are both from the Austin neighborhood. They were each charged with one count of aggravated robbery and were due in bond court on Sunday.

The April 13 robbery, according to police, happened near West Grand Avenue & North Wells Street at around 11:00 p.m.

State records show that Means was paroled in July 2015 after serving 18 years of a 32-year sentence for murder. He also has previous prison sentences for narcotics in 1997 and possessing a firearm in a school in 1991. Police said Archer is also a convicted felon.