‘Kia Boy’ will get 3 years for comfort retailer robberies and housebreaking, however walks on time served

A 20-year-old “Kia Boy” who skipped court docket after being charged with burglarizing a North Facet comfort retailer and later robbed a 7-Eleven has been sentenced to 3 years in jail. However beneath Illinois’ sentencing guidelines, he isn’t anticipated to spend one other day behind bars.

Tyrese Inexperienced pleaded responsible Wednesday to 2 counts of theft and one depend of housebreaking in change for 3 concurrent 3-year sentences from Decide John Lyke, in line with court docket information.

Inexperienced’s issues started on December 21, 2023, when officers noticed a stolen Kia Sportage driving recklessly close to 63rd and Halsted with 4 masked males inside. The SUV, stripped of its steering column, had been stolen from a driveway on West Chase Avenue. Minutes earlier, 911 callers reported seeing the identical Kia as burglars broke money registers and stole cigarettes from Hollywood Deli at 5700 North Sheridan.

All 4 occupants ran from the automobile, however cops mentioned they discovered Inexperienced hiding beneath a porch with a “giant amount of unopened tobacco merchandise.” Extra unopened merchandise have been recovered from the Kia. Prosecutors charged him with housebreaking, and a decide launched him pending trial. Inexperienced by no means confirmed up for court docket.

He remained on the unfastened till February 22, 2024, when he and three others allegedly robbed a 7-Eleven within the 3000 block of North Pulaski. Inexperienced shoved a clerk apart, stuffed money and cigarettes right into a blue bag, and tried forcing the employee right into a again workplace to open the secure, prosecutors mentioned. When that failed, the crew ran away.

Minutes later, a 911 caller tipped police to suspicious males in an alley within the 3900 block of West Barry Avenue. Officers discovered Inexperienced on a porch, nonetheless clutching the blue bag full of Newport cigarettes.

With credit score for time he already served in jail and the state’s 50% “good habits” sentence discount, Inexperienced isn’t anticipated to serve any jail time.