Beverly

One of two men charged with a high-profile, violent carjacking caught on video in the Beverly neighborhood has been sentenced to 14½ years in federal prison, officials announced Friday. U.S. District Judge Sunil R. Harjani sentenced Damarri Conner, 23, after Conner pleaded guilty to federal carjacking and firearm charges.

A 57-year-old man was shot in the parking lot of a Kia dealership in Beverly on Thursday evening, police said.

Lifelong criminal Vance Patton has been sentenced to six years in prison for committing a string of break-ins, including a couple less than 48 hours after he last got out of prison. The convictions are the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th times he has been sentenced to prison.

A man who carjacked a Rolls-Royce on Chicago’s Southwest Side while still on probation for a gun case won’t be riding in luxury anytime soon. A judge gave him a 10-year prison sentence Friday, but he’ll serve about half that with good behavior.

Four juveniles have been charged in connection with a brutal group attack inside Munroe Park that left two 15-year-old boys hospitalized earlier this month, according to Chicago police.

A large group of attackers beat two 15-year-old boys inside Munroe Park in Beverly earlier this month, leaving both victims hospitalized, according to Chicago police. The filing of charges is imminent, a source familiar with the incident told CWBChicago.

A 29-year-old man faces multiple felony charges for allegedly targeting six females in a series of sexual abuse, battery, and assault incidents in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood last week. Jabreel Watson was ordered detained by Judge Rivanda Beal.

A 16-time convicted burglar is back in jail this morning, accused of burglarizing two more businesses less than 48 hours after getting out of prison.

Bring on the feds! Two men accused of participating in one of last year’s most memorable crimes are now fighting federal charges in the case. A grand jury returned an indictment against Kenneth “Kenny Mac” Merritt and Damarri “Marri” Conner, charging them with federal counts of using a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and carjacking, according to court records.