The Brief
- From February 2024 through May 2025, the Chicago suburbs experience over 115 overnight burglaries on local retailers.
- Demario M. Brown, 26, of Chicago; Dequane J. Hall, 29, of Chicago; Darryl D. Williamson, 26, of Chicago; Jimmy C. Hall, 30, of Chicago; Antonio Lewis, 26, of Chicago; and Marquise D. Williamson, 24, of Wheeling, who were each associated with a gang in the west side of Chicago
- Detectives worked with prosecutors of the Illinois Attorney General, which led to 98 charges against the conspirators.
CHICAGO – Three men have been arrested, and three men are wanted in connection with a rash of overnight commercial burglaries targeting local retailers.
What we know:
From February 2024 through May 2025, the Chicago suburbs experience over 115 overnight burglaries on local retailers. Offenders would arrive at their targeted locations in stolen vehicles or rental cars with stolen registrations. With their faces hidden with hoods and masks and sometimes carrying guns, they would force their way into the establishment and steal large volumes of retail goods. Police departments would try to stop the group, but the offenders fled at speeds greater than 100 miles per hour.…