Chicago man arrested twice in same day for breaking into cars while wearing ankle monitor for two pending cases where he also broke into cars
· Mar 1, 2023 · NottheBee.com

Welcome to Chicago, ladies and gentlemen.

Yes, that's a bit of a tongue twister, but I'll break it down for you.

Meet Rodolfo Santillan, a Chicago criminal who wears an ankle monitor for two car burglaries he committed back to 2021.

Last Tuesday, Rodolfo, ankle monitor and all, found himself in familiar territory — inside a random vehicle trying to get his hands on anything of value he could find. Before he knew it, however, the owner of the vehicle had him at gunpoint.

A Chicago police officer just happened to be passing by and astonishingly he pointed his gun at the owner of the vehicle, a concealed carry holder, because he thought maybe he was robbing our ankle monitor criminal. The concealed carry holder set his gun down, let the officer know what was going on, and then Santillian was taken to the station on misdemeanor charges.

However, just six hours later, around 4:00 p.m., Rodolfo Santillan was released from police custody on a recognizance bond, which means he paid zero dollars to get out.

Amazingly, just two hours later, well, you can guess…

About two hours later, Chicago police arrested Santillan again. This time it was in the 5000 block of West Belmont.

Prosecutor Victor Aberdeen said that two workers were detaining Santillan when officers arrived to investigate a vehicle break-in report. They told the police that they had caught Santillan inside their work van. Cops also allegedly found doorbell camera footage of Santillan taking work tools out of a nearby car.

Man, this dude is resilient as they come.

Two car burglaries in the same 10-hour period!

All while wearing an ankle monitor he received back in 2021 for two more car burglaries.

And who knows how many he got away with in-between.

After seeing yet another story like this out of Chicago, it's no wonder voters took to the booth to remove Beetlejuice from office.


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