May 28--A 51-year-old parolee was ordered held in lieu of $300,000 bail Saturday after being charged in a series of burglaries in the Lakeview neighborhood, police said.
Armando Vadillo of the 3900 block of North Clark Street was charged with two felony counts of burglary, according to Chicago police.
Police said he was identified as being the person responsible for a May 20, burglary that happened at 1:25 a.m. and a Saturday burglary that happened at 2:05 a.m., police said.
Both burglaries happened at the Nuts on Clark business where Vadillo formerly worked which is on the same block where he lives in the 3900 block of North Clark Street, according to police and prosecutors.
In both instances Vadillo allegedly entered the business after pushing in a window air conditioning unit and climbing through the duct, police and prosecutors said.
He removed two cash registers and broke them open, prosecutors said.
Police arrived after an ADT security system notified them of the burglary. Police were able to secure a perimeter around the area and located Vadillo a short distance away.
Police were able to identify the man through surveillance video in both instances which captured him on field breaking the registers, police and prosecutors said.
Vadillo has a history of burglaries dating back to 1996 and was previously sentenced in 2012 to seven years in prison for burglary.
According to Illinois Department of Corrections records, Vadillo was paroled Dec. 9, 2015 and his parole was to end Dec. 9. 2018.
He was ordered held in lieu of $300,000 bail.
