A Rogers Park man who eluded prosecution for a pair of violent crimes was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to both charges.
Michael Porter’s convictions stem from two separate incidents: a broad daylight carjacking in Lakeview and a shooting incident in Rogers Park three weeks earlier that caused no injuries. But Porter remained on the streets for months until DNA evidence and video footage linked him to the cases, according to court records.
Porter’s November 2022 crime spree began in Rogers Park, prosecutors previously said. On the afternoon of November 2, he was allegedly captured on surveillance video firing a gun at another person in the 1600 block of West Juneway Terrace…