Daily Commentary – Monday, September 30, 2013 – There’s Trouble in “Chicagoland” Again

• Armed Robber posing as “Officer Franklin” luring victims on Chicago’s south side into his vehicle

80 Year Old Creston Portis Beaten in Attempted Car Jacking by Two Black Males & Females in East Point, GA (Pics of Persons of Interest and Vehicles)

80 year old Creston Portis was beaten and suffered a fractured cheek in an attempted car jacking on September 14, 2013. East Point Police Lt. Cliff Chandler stated that the victim was approached by two males and a female as they blocked him in his driveway. When Creston Portis refused to unlock the door and get out of his vehicle, they then picked up a brick and threw it through the passenger side window and began striking Portis in the head with the gun. The thugs then stole the 80 year mold man’s wallet and drove off.

VIDEO from 11 Alive

East Point Police are looking for suspects in an attempted carjacking and beating of an 80-year-old man.

It happened September 14th as Creston Portis was returning to his East Point home after visiting friends.

East Point Police Lt. Cliff Chandler said the crime hit the police department hard because the victim’s son used to be a police officer with East Point. “This crime is particularly disconcerting to us at the police department,” he said. “We are particularly concerned at the level of violence that was exhibited by these perpetrators.”

Police said Portis was approached by two males and one female after they blocked him in his driveway. They were driving a black Mercedes Benz, according to police.

The two males were armed with at least one handgun and threw a brick through the passenger side window and began striking Portis in the head with the gun.

UPDATE I: Police have surveillance photos of a black male and two black females that are persons of interest in this crime as well as two vehicles believed to be involved. Lt. Chandler said they were using the victim’s credit card at a convenience store.The police also have pics of the two cars believed used in the crime.

Person’s of Interest who used the victims credit cards at a local convenience store after the robbery

Pic of two cars that the POI’s were driving

If anyone has  any information on this case, you can submit it anonymously to the East Point Police Department at 404-761-6287 (Sergeant Glover), Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS(8477), online www.crimestoppersatlanta.org or by texting CSA and the tip to CRIMES(274637).

A Levi’s Call Alert Issued for Missing 14 Year Old Ayvani Hope Perez Kidnapped During Home Invasion in Ellenwood, GA (Update: Kidnappers Demand $10,000 Randsom … Pic of Suspects) (Update: Found Safe, Kidnappers Arrested)

A Levi’s Call alert has been issued for missing 14 year old Ayvani Hope Perez from Clayton County who was kidnapped from her family’s Ellenwood home early Tuesday. The 14 year old was abducted following a home invasion. According to accounts, two armed men broke into the home and demanded money and jewelry. The mother did not have any money so they shot the dog and kidnapped the 14-year-old. The two suspects, described as two black males are said to have gotten away in a gray Dodge. Ayvani Hope Perez is considered to be in extreme danger.

According to the alert, Ayvani Hope Perez was kidnapped by two armed men during a home invasion in the 3800 block of Brookgate Drive.

Clayton County police spokesman Phong Nguyen told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the suspects pried open a back door of the home about 2:15 a.m.

He said the mother tried to hide her two children, but the gunmen found the family, along with the family’s dog, and demanded money and jewelry.

“She did not have any money and jewelry so they shot the dog and kidnapped the 14-year-old,” Nguyen said.

The teen was last seen being taken from the home in a gray Dodge.

Description of Ayvani Hope Perez:

Ayvani, who is 4 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs 93 pounds, is Hispanic and has brown eyes and black hair. She was wearing blue and gray Star Wars pajama bottoms and a blue and gray “Super Hero” shirt.

UPDATE I: Home invaders demand $10,000 ransom for kidnapped 14 Year old Ayvani Hope Perez.

Family members said Tuesday afternoon that alleged home invaders who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl from her Clayton County home have demanded $10,000 ransom for her safe return.

Police have issued a Levi’s Call alert for Ayvani Hope Perez, the two men, and a gray Dodge vehicle.

Anyone with information on the girl or the suspects should call 911 or Clayton County police at 678-610-4781.

UPDATE II: Abducted Georgia girl, 14, found alive. Two suspects, Juan Alberto Contreras-Rodriguez, 40, and Wildrego Jackson, 29, are in federal custody.

14-year-old Georgia girl kidnapped by two gunmen during a home invasion early Tuesday has been found alive, officials said.

Ayvani Hope Perez was in good health, officials said, and was being evaluated on Wednesday afternoon.

Georgia Jury Finds 18 Year Old De’Marquise Elkins Guilty of Shooting & Murdering 13 Month Old Antonio Santiago in Stroller

A Georgia jury has found 18 year old De’Marquise Elkins in the murder of 13 month old Antonio Santiago. Elkins had shot the toddler while he was in his stroller in broad daylight in Brunswick, GA. Elkins could be sentenced to life in prison for his convictions; however, the punk was spared from the death penalty, because he was 17 when he shot the baby. The toddlers mother, Sherry West, had testified during the trial that she was walking home from the post office on March 21, 2013 with her son when Elkins demanded that she give him her purse Elkins then  shot her in the leg and shot her baby in the face after she told him she had no money. Just sick. The fact that the defendant was 17 should have been irrelevant as to the death penalty. Any individual who shoots a baby in the face while they are in a stroller, does not deserve life.

After deliberating for nearly two hours, a Georgia jury found 18-year-old De’Marquise Elkins guilty Friday of multiple charges, including felony murder, for shooting and killing 13-month-old Antonio Santiago during a robbery.

Elkins was also convicted of aggravated assault and other charges for shooting pastor Wilfredo Calix-Flores during a separate mugging 10 days before baby Santiago was shot.

His mother Karimah Elkins, who was tried along with her son, was convicted of tampering with evidence for her role in trying to cover up the shooting.

Both Elkins and his mother showed no sign of any emotion as the verdict was read. They sat silently, staring straight ahead as they have throughout the entire trial.

Elkins’ defense attorney says he is going to appeal the case and exonerate his client. Yeah, I I believe in unicorns.

19 Year Old Johnny Calderon Jr & 18 Year Old Gerald Allen Get Their Butts Kicked After Attempting to Rob Two University of Virginia Students at Gunpoint in Charlottesville, VA

Win one for the good guys … Crime does not pay and in some cases in gets your butt whooped!!!

Some things just bring a smile to one’s face, this is one of them.

The pics above are not of the victims of the attempted robbery, but instead the two would-be thug robbers after they got their two butts whooped by their victims. 19 year old Johnny Calderon Jr and 18 year old Gerald Allen. It turns out that these two punks picked the wrong people to rob. When the police arrived to the scene, had beaten up and detained the two suspects. These two punks just lost their street cred card.

NBC29 WVIR Charlottesville, VA News, Sports and Weather

We will probably hear later that the two thug robbers will sue for the injuries they sustained why trying to commit a crime. In this day and age, why does that not seem out of the realm of possibility?