Prosecutors say DNA proof helped Chicago police determine one other member of a prolific housebreaking crew that used stolen SUVs to steal ATMs from storefronts throughout town, putting a minimum of 18 instances between September 8 and Christmas Eve.
Omar Farmer, 26, is the second particular person charged in reference to the crime sample, alongside 25-year-old Radonte Eatman and unidentified accomplices. In just lately filed fees, prosecutors allege that on December 24, round 4:43 a.m., the group used a Jeep and chains to tear the door off Large Sam’s Meals Mart and Mobile at 133 E. seventy fifth Road. The shop’s ATM contained $13,600 in money, and the enterprise sustained $5,000 in damages.
Lower than an hour later, the crew allegedly focused Khalil’s Meals and Liquor at 146 W. 103rd St. Whereas the shop’s ATM had no money, the enterprise reported $7,000 in damages.
Farmer can also be accused of collaborating in an identical housebreaking at City Beautique, 8822 S. Ashland Ave., early on December 17.
DNA exams matched blood discovered inside one of many stolen Jeeps and on a door body at one of many crime scenes to Farmer, in response to his police report.
Police just lately positioned Farmer below surveillance and arrested him to face fees. Farmer, who had $2,295 in money in his pocket, informed police he labored as a landscaper, in response to his arrest report. Throughout questioning, he requested to see the DNA exams and phone location proof that detectives stated they’d. Upon seeing the DNA outcomes, he “continued to disclaim any involvement,” in response to the arrest report.
Choose Susana Ortiz launched Farmer to await trial on a number of counts of housebreaking, theft, and prison injury.
The Chicago Police Division issued a group alert on December 25, 2024, linking the housebreaking crew to 18 ATM thefts that occurred since September 8. In January, police launched video footage of the suspects, noting the group used chains and an SUV to interrupt into companies and take away ATMs.
Along with the burglaries Farmer and Eatman are charged with, police linked the crew to ATM thefts on the following places:
10600 block of South Torrence Avenue, September 8
10700 block of South Wentworth Avenue, September 17
First block of West 79th Road, September 26
1600 block of West Monterey Avenue, September 26
8500 block of South Ashland Avenue, October 6
13300 block of South Brainard Avenue, October 30
2300 block of West 111th Road, November 14
10200 block of South Vincennes Avenue, November 22
2500 block of East 87th Road, November 22
3900 block of East 106th Road, November 25
2600 block of East 79th Road, December 4
11600 block of South Halsted Road, December 10
7800 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, December 17
400 block of East 83rd Road, December 17
11100 block of South Halsted Road, December 20
