CHICAGO - Two convicted felons have been charged and nine guns were recovered after an investigation into a string of burglaries across the Chicago area.
The backstory:
Gang Investigations officers identified locations where stolen items were being stored and obtained search warrants for three properties on the city’s South Side.
Search warrants were served by Chicago police along with federal and suburban partners in the 400 block of West 102nd Place in Fernwood, the 7800 block of South St. Lawrence in Chatham and the 7400 block of South Princeton Avenue in Englewood.
The search warrants netted nine guns, stolen merchandise, suspected narcotics and over $280,000 in cash.
Antwaun Bohannon, 32, and Malcolm Richardson, 33, were arrested on April 12.
Bohannon faces felony charges including possession of a firearm by a repeat felony offender and unlawful use of a weapon. Richardson is charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by a repeat felony offender.
Police said the investigation remains ongoing and may lead to additional arrests.
Dig deeper:
Bohannon has been arrested in Chicago nine times since 2014, including on charges of aggravated fleeing causing bodily injury.
Richardson was last arrested in 2020 on charges of armed habitual criminal, unlawful use of a weapon, manufacturing and delivery of cannabis and possession of a stolen vehicle.
What's next:
Bohannon and Richardson, who are being held in Cook County Jail, are scheduled to appear in court on May 7.
The Source: The information in this report came from the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County Sheriff's Office.