Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Five teens have been charged with several felonies, including mob action and armed violence, related to an incident where another teen was fatally shot in a Chicago Heights park.
Five teenagers will be arraigned later this month on various charges after a Chicago teen was shot and killed in a Chicago Heights park, a spokesman with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 5. Mikah Darko, 17, was shot near 15th and Hanover streets and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. Witnesses told police Darko was in the park when two men approached him and started shooting. The grand jury handed down an indictment for the five defendants on Friday, Nov. 30 in a Markham courtoom. The accused include: All five are scheduled to be arraigned on Dec. 18 in Markham.
Monday, November 26, 2012
A grand jury will decide this week whether to indict five teenagers charged in connection to the shooting death of a Chicago teen in a Chicago Heights park.
The case against five teens charged in connection to the shooting death of another teen in a Chicago Heights park will go to a grand jury, an attorney for one of the teens said after a hearing Monday. An indictment could be announced on Friday. Sign up for daily Chicago Heights news alerts. Police say Mikah Darko, 17, of Chicago, was shot near 15th and Hanover streets and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. Witnesses told police Darko was in the park when two men approached him and started shooting. Currently, the five teens are in the custody of the Cook County Department of Corrections and have not been charged with murder. They are: At the brief hearing Friday, the teens were called in pairs as Judge Darron E. Bowden …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Four of the teens have been issued a Class X felony charge, which can carry a 30-year prison sentence.
Police have arrested and charged five teenagers after a Chicago teen was shot and killed in a Chicago Heights park on Nov. 3. Mikah Darko, 17, of Chicago, was shot near 15th and Hanover streets and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. Witnesses told police Darko was in the park when two men approached him and started shooting. Sign up for Chicago Heights breaking news alerts. On Nov. 4, Chicago Heights police detectives and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force arrested four suspects in connection with the shooting. Police arrested two more suspects Nov. 5., and after further investigation five teens were issued a total of 18 charges. Police noted that an armed violence charge is considered a Class X felony in …
John62Boy
11:01 pm on Sunday, December 30, 2012
To: Michael Stupid Wright, You have no ideal who those boys are. Also, you do not know them well or not at all personally to call any of them ignorant. There are two out of the five that i know graduated from high school and one was attending College (Kenndy King). Further more, you definitely got to be ignorant to think or suggest that the Parents, Babies Moma's and Dad's of the accused pictures… more ›