Old Town

A burglary crew smashed its way into more than 10 businesses along two blocks of the Wells Street business corridor in Old Town early Thursday, leaving broken storefronts and frustrated business owners in its wake. The latest overnight spree has Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) once again calling on Chicago police to adopt technology that could help officers track fleeing suspects without engaging in dangerous vehicle pursuits.

Tyshaun Stampley was repeatedly arrested, violated pretrial release and was placed on electronic monitoring before prosecutors say he attacked three strangers with a knife in Old Town. He has now been given a six-year sentence.

A career criminal walked out of the federal correctional center in downtown Chicago last week after serving a 96-month term for bank robbery and robbed another bank that very afternoon, prosecutors say. Major McCoy, 42, allegedly admitted to robbing the PNC Bank, 1231 North Wells Street, during an FBI interview, adding that he lost $150 of the bank’s cash before police arrested him when a crack dealer ripped him off.

A woman who allegedly served as the driver during an expressway shooting and later shot her own boyfriend in Old Town has been sentenced to six years in prison. Alana Carroll, 23, resolved the cases by pleading guilty to aggravated battery by discharging a firearm and discharging a firearm toward an occupied vehicle, court records show.

A West Side man has been charged with carjacking a woman near a busy intersection in Old Town earlier this year. Chicago police found the victim’s car on fire just minutes after the hijacking occurred around 2:41 a.m. on April 26.