A Venezuelan migrant accused of attacking an 85-year-old girl in her Gold Coast constructing and later focusing on different victims within the Loop and Boystown has been detained following his arrest at a downtown pawn store.
Ignacio Linares-Rodriguez, 40, allegedly trailed the aged girl into her constructing within the 100 block of West Oak Avenue round 7 a.m. on July 25. As soon as inside, he allegedly tore a bracelet from her wrist, tried to seize her necklace, and tried to steal her ring. When the ring wouldn’t come off, prosecutors stated, he resorted to biting her left ring finger in an effort to pry it unfastened. The girl managed to withstand, and Linares-Rodriguez fled.
Just lately, officers monitoring surveillance cameras downtown noticed Linares-Rodriguez strolling right into a pawn store within the 400 block of South Clark Avenue. Patrol automobiles have been dispatched, and police moved in to arrest him.
Investigators subsequently tied him to 2 further crimes.
On July 28, prosecutors stated, Linares-Rodriguez rode up on a Divvy bike and ripped a gold necklace from a girl’s neck within the 200 block of North LaSalle.
On August 9, he allegedly climbed into a person’s pickup truck within the 3700 block of North Halsted Avenue whereas the sufferer was asleep and proceeded to make use of the person’s cellphone to make calls. When the sufferer awoke, Linares-Rodriguez bolted from the truck with the cellphone, prosecutors stated. He was allegedly carrying the cellphone when police arrested him on the pawn store.
Choose James Murphy III detained him on prices that embody theft of a sufferer older than 60, aggravated battery of a sufferer older than 60, housebreaking, theft, and felony theft.
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