A man convicted of 12 thefts has been arrested again for allegedly committing another theft while on pretrial release, according to Chicago police.
A woman saw a man coming out of an apartment in the Edgewater neighborhood on May 16 and picked out Sherwin DeGraffenried from a police photo, CWB Chicago reported. report. Police arrested him while driving in June, and investigators said they found “a bag containing burglary tools in his vehicle.”
DeGraffenried had been released to await trial on two other theft charges filed against him for allegedly breaking into a photography studio in August last year and stealing thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
Police say seven cameras and tablets valued at $6,100 were stolen from the studio, located in the 4000 block of North Ravenswood.
According to a police report obtained by the outlet, while officers were questioning Degraffenried at the station in connection with the crime, they found three Apple MacBooks and other items that appeared to belong to another tenant in the same building as the studio.
rear DeGraffenreid was identified by the alleged victim of a recent robbery, but Judge David Kelly again denied pretrial release and remanded him in jail. Kelly cited DeGraffenreid’s 12 previous felony convictions as one of the reasons he should remain in prison.
He is currently being held on a new robbery charge in addition to a case that has been pending since last August.
2016 report from Chicago Sun-Times He said the repeat offender was accused of breaking into two homes in 2011 while on parole after a burglary conviction.
