Chicago police have charged an 18-year-old man in reference to considered one of ten armed robberies focusing on development staff on the town’s South Aspect between January and April of this 12 months. CPD issued 4 group alerts throughout that interval, together with video footage of a suspect from one of many crime scenes.
Dontrell Davis faces costs associated to an April 11 theft within the 7600 block of South Marshfield. The incident occurred round 11:24 a.m., when 4 development staff reported a masked, armed man pressured them right into a storage, held them at gunpoint, and stole their wallets.
A CPD doc states that surveillance video confirmed Davis within the space of the development website earlier than the theft. Investigators recognized him as a suspect after reviewing his Fb web page, which allegedly contained pictures of him carrying clothes matching the robber’s and posing with firearms.
Investigators just lately arrested Davis at his dwelling and allegedly discovered a firearm on the ground of a closet.
Davis denied involvement, claiming he was “getting drunk and excessive in California” on the time of the theft, the CPD doc mentioned. He informed detectives that the firearm in his social media photographs was a prop and the garments he wore in these photographs have been frequent.
When detectives requested Davis why his telephone would ping on the theft scene, he knowledgeable them that he had misplaced his telephone, the doc mentioned.
Prosecutors, nevertheless, proceeded with theft and kidnapping costs, noting Davis’s historical past of juvenile adjudications for violent crimes and his standing on pretrial launch for a separate case on the time of the theft, in accordance with court docket information.
Decide Deidre Dyer ordered Davis detained pending trial.
The opposite 9 robberies linked to the crime sample stay unsolved, with no costs filed. CPD reported these incidents occurred within the:
7800 block of South Honore St. on January 18, 2025, at 7:52 a.m.
1800 block of West 78th St. on January 24, 2025, at 7:37 p.m.
1600 block of West 79th St. on February 10, 2025, at 1:00 p.m.
7700 block of South Wooden St. on February 22, 2025, at 10:02 a.m.
7700 block of South Paulina on March 12, 2025, at 10:10 a.m.
8000 block of South Wooden on March 19, 2025, at 2:50 p.m.
1700 block of West 77th St. on April 1, 2025, at 9:05 a.m.
7700 block of South Hermitage on April 10, 2025, at 9:31 a.m.
7800 block of South Hermitage Ave. on April 11, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
The investigation stays ongoing, and CPD encourages anybody with info to contact Space Two detectives at 312-747-8273.
