BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times Angelo Bennett said all he’s ever wanted to do since he was charged with murdering a gentlemen’s club manager was apologize to the slain man’s family. He got his chance on Wednesday. “I pray for your forgiveness,” Angelo Bennett said, looking toward Charles E. Jones’ friends and relatives. “Sincerely from …
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Angelo Bennett / Photo from Cook County Sheriff’s office BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN Chicago Sun-Times An Austin man was convicted Tuesday of gunning down a Far South Side gentleman’s club manager and wounding the victim’s fiancée after a traffic dispute on Goose Island. Charles E. Jones’ friends and family applauded when Cook County Judge Carol Howard …
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BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN, Chicago Sun-Times Criminal Courts Reporter A Lake View man acted in selfdefense when he shot and killed a Far South Side gentleman’s club manager and injured the man’s fiancee in a road rage incident over the weekend, the alleged gunman’s lawyer argued Friday. Angelo Bennett was grabbed in a headlock, choked and …
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A Lake View man was charged with murder Thursday for allegedly fatally shooting a Far South Side gentleman’s club manager outside a sports car after an early Sunday fender bender on the Near North Side. Angelo Bennett, 24, of the 4300 block of North Ashland Avenue, was charged with one count each of first-degree murder, …
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Six people were killed and at least 23 wounded in violence across Chicago since Friday evening. Chicago police said the weekend’s gun violence represents a significant drop compared with Memorial Day Weekend in 2012, when shootings throughout the city killed 10 people and hurt 47 others. —>The most recent fatal shooting happened early Sunday in …
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BY MICHAEL LANSU Staff Reporter The manager of a Far South Side gentleman’s club was shot to death early Sunday in a confrontation with another motorist who sideswiped his Maserati in the Goose Island area, police said. Charles Jones, 42, was shot about 2:50 a.m. in the 1000 block of North Branch Street, police said. …
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