A 12-time convicted burglar is charged with 6 new burglaries, but the state didn’t revoke his parole and now he’s missing.

Meticulous work by Chicago police detectives resulted in the arrest last week of a 12-time convicted burglar suspected of breaking into over two dozen businesses across the city’s North and Northwest Sides.

But, even though 31-year-old Devon Lawery is currently on parole for four of his 12 previous convictions, the Illinois Department of Corrections decided not to revoke his parole after cops arrested him on the new burglary charges last week, a CPD report said.

As if that weren’t enough, Lawery failed to show up for his first court date on Friday, prompting a judge to sign off on a failure to appear arrest warrant…

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