Albany Park

A three-time felon who’s accused of battering and carjacking a food delivery driver on the North Side last weekend was accused of committing another carjacking on the same street last autumn.

Maverick Cela is now the 38th person charged with killing, trying to kill, or shooting someone in Chicago last year while on bond for another felony case.

Two men accused of shooting an on-duty Chicago fireman who was working to put out a car fire in Albany Park last year have reached plea deals with prosecutors.

Jose Mendoza is charged with home invasion for allegedly trying to force his way into an off-duty Chicago cop’s home in Albany Park this week.

A man who allegedly escaped from electronic monitoring while awaiting trial for threatening to shoot the employees of a suburban restaurant is back in custody after police reportedly found him driving a recently-carjacked SUV in Humboldt Park.

Prosecutors say DNA testing links Alex Gerstein to blood that the home invader left in the residence after being confronted by the knife-wielding 93-year-old man who lived there.