CHICAGO — A 16-time convicted burglar is back in jail this morning, accused of burglarizing two more businesses less than 48 hours after getting out of prison. In addition to his 16 burglary convictions, 58-year-old Vance Patton has been sent to prison for four other felonies, too.
Patton was released from the Graham Correctional Center in Hillsboro last Thursday, March 20, according to state records. By sunrise on Saturday, he had made the 227-mile trip to Chicago, secured gloves and a face covering, and committed two more break-ins in the Beverly neighborhood, according to prosecutors.
Police said video showed Patton throwing a brick through a storage facility window in the 1900 block of West 95th Street and taking $1 from the cash register. He then walked across the street and threw a brick through the front window of Flippin Flavors, 1848 West 95th Street, and stole five sodas from the cooler, according to his arrest report…