Two Chicago men who prosecutors say slammed a 58-year-old man to the ground during a New Year’s Day robbery and then tried to escape on the CTA Brown Line have now been sentenced to prison.
Kobe Lee, 21, and Felix Lopez, 20, targeted the man shortly after he left a restaurant in Albany Park around 10 p.m. on January 1, 2024. When they reached the 4800 block of North Troy Street, the robbers allegedly picked the man up and body-slammed him onto the sidewalk, causing his head to smack against the concrete, prosecutors said.
According to detention petitions filed in the case, Lee and Lopez rifled through the victim’s pockets for valuables. When he tried to resist, they repeatedly punched him in the head and face before walking away, leaving him on the ground…