CHICAGO — A suburban man was handed an 8-year sentence on Tuesday for stabbing a convenience store clerk in Lincoln Square. Nicholas Mann, 28, was on parole and on bail for a pending burglary charge at the time of the May 17, 2023, attack.
Officials said the store clerk recognized Mann as a troublemaker when he entered 7-Eleven at 5206 North Western Avenue around 3:30 p.m. So, the cashier asked Mann to leave.
Instead, the Calumet Heights resident elbowed the 51-year-old clerk, who tried to push Mann out of the store. A full-on fight erupted, and Mann allegedly stabbed the clerk twice in the back during the altercation.
About two weeks before the attack, Mann posted a $500 bail deposit to get out of jail after prosecutors charged him with burglarizing a church in Chicago Heights. He pleaded guilty to that charge last June in exchange for a 3-year sentence.
On Tuesday, Mann pleaded guilty to attempted murder for stabbing the 7-Eleven employee. Judge Michael Hood handed down the 8-year sentence.
In addition to the burglary charge, Mann was on bail for a misdemeanor assault charge and on parole for an aggravated battery case at the time of the stabbing.
