Gurnee woman charged in attempted robbery of Lake Villa gas station

LAKE VILLA -- Lake County Sheriff’s deputies identified and arrested a woman who tried to rob a gas station clerk on New Year’s Day, authorities said.

About 12:25 p.m. Jan. 1, Lake County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a gas station in the 36800 block of North Route 83, unincorporated Lake Villa, for a report of an armed robbery, according to a news release.

Police say a woman entered the gas station, implied that she had a firearm, and demanded cash from the clerk, according to the release. The clerk refused the woman’s demands, and the woman then tried to break into the cash register herself.

After not having any success, she fled in a black SUV with out-of-state license plates, according to the release.

Deputies used Flock license plate reader technology to determine that the vehicle likely used in the armed robbery was a Ford Expedition. Sheriff’s dispatchers issued a countywide alert. Shortly thereafter, Gurnee Police located the vehicle, after a Flock camera in the area hit on the offending vehicle’s license plate, according to the release.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of Grand Avenue and Hunt Club Road, where Gurnee officers had the vehicle pulled over.

The driver, Chritina A. Lintner, 40, of the 5500 block of Grand Avenue, Gurnee, was arrested and taken to the Lake County Jail.

Lintner has been charged with attempted aggravated robbery (Class 2 felony).

“Through diligent work and collaboration, our deputies tracked down and apprehended an offender who posed a threat to others,” Sheriff John D. Idleburg said in the release. “I’m proud of everyone involved—our telecommunicators who issued the alert, our deputies who investigated, and our law enforcement partners who helped locate this offender.”