OAK PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- A man has been charged with robbing a staffer at knifepoint at Illinois Senate President Don Harmon's west suburban office, court records show.
Court documents show that a Chicago man entered the state senator's Oak Park office on North Avenue on Friday.
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The man, identified as Scott Loeffer, took out a knife and pointed it toward a female victim before taking her iPhone, according to the documents.
Loeffer has been charged with armed robbery.
Harmon, a Democrat who represents Illinois' 39th District, issued a statement, saying the victim, a staffer, was not injured. He added that the incident does not appear to have been politically motivated.
Further information was not immediately available.
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