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Downers Grove South alum and basketball star charged with felony robbery

A basketball phenom from unincorporated Downers Grove who had reportedly committed to Seton Hall was charged with felony robbery last week.

Jerron Wilbut, 19, of the 16W600 block of Mockingbird Lane, was charged with two other men Thursday after police say they robbed a juvenile in Clarendon Hills. Wilbut graduated last year from Downers Grove South High School.

According to the DuPage County Sheriff's Office, Wilbut as well as Kelechukwu Akub, 20, of Romeoville, and Leverenzel Booth, 18, of Darien, made plans to meet with the juvenile about 4 p.m. Thursday in unincorporated Clarendon Hills.

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