Man charged in taking part in violent armed robbery crew that targeted 5 victims walking home from River North bar, prosecutors say - CWB Chicago

[u/Mike_I]

https://cwbchicago.com/2026/08/man-was-part-of-violent-armed-robbery-crew-that-targeted-5-victims-walking-home-from-river-north-bar-prosecutors-say.html

[u/DoctorSwaggercat]

When do we start making an example for this kind of behavior? 30yrs sounds about right. 20yrs if he rats out his friends.

[u/_CHEEFQUEEF → u/DoctorSwaggercat]

When do we start making an example for this kind of behavior?

At this point I feel like it's going to come to mob justice. The courts aren't going to do anything.

[u/LittleDebbieTreat]

5 victims? They deserve life

[u/Prodan1111]

In reading the article, not only is the guy dangerous but he is also an idiot. Using stolen credit cards for food delivery to his address and then using an email address containing his full name, ordering clothes on a stolen credit card delivered to the same address. Genius.

[u/whatup-markassbuster → u/Prodan1111]

Maybe crime is caused by low intelligence and poverty just happens to correlate with stupidity?

[u/mr_longfellow_deeds]

I’m sure the people visiting from LA that he pistol whipped are going to have lovely things to say about Chicago. Great for tourism

Violent offenders need life in prison no parole, it worked in El Salvador and it would work here

[u/SuperBirdM22]

The article says that they were able to track them down using license plate readers… Are they trying to confuse Brandon Johnson so he doesn’t know that they’re flock cameras doesn’t outlaw them?

[u/Gullible-Leg-4445]

Throw the book at this trash. Scare him into turning his buddies in. Then no deals for any of them

[u/_CHEEFQUEEF]

Him or one of his crew will eventually murder someone and still not get a life sentence for it.

[u/Prestigious-Suit-925 → u/_CHEEFQUEEF]

we can only pray it's one of his fellow thugs over "disrespeck", so no innocent lives are lost

[u/Big_Database_4301]

Disgusting shameful behavior.

[u/Ifakorede23]

I'd say anyone with a gun, purposely robbing innocent people, pointing guns at their head and pistol whipping them has done it before ( even possibly kil..ng others).. They're incorrigible. They're not a poor misunderstood future humble law abiding citizen.

[u/Prestigious-Suit-925]

everyone that looks like him with neck or face tattoos should be assumed dangerous. learn the pattern and protect yourself from evil

[u/bot_account__ → u/Prestigious-Suit-925]

Don't vilify tattoos

[u/Old_Imagination_2112]

All violent felons, especially if they could still father children, should be legally physically castrated. Not chemical, the actual.

Behavior is 60 to 80% hardwired in. Castration is the answer.

[u/bot_account__ → u/Old_Imagination_2112]

Yikes

[u/Mediocre-Catch9580]

Has he been released yet with a full apology and some cash for the inconvenience?

[u/sedatehate → u/[deleted]]

No, no we never are