Armed crew smashes Chicago-area gambling parlor, flees at 100 mph

Four men are charged with entering Maria's Gaming Cafe in Addison with sledgehammers and a crowbar and smashing video game machines. According to prosecutors, five people entered the parlor on October 29, four of them armed. The robbery lasted only two minutes and caused more than $100,000 in damage. The crew pulled the cash boxes from the machines and fled with $13,847. The parlor had been robbed once before, in May.

Police were conducting surveillance because of a string of thefts targeting gambling businesses in the area. At 4:32 a.m., police spotted a black Dodge Durango, reported stolen, and a white BMW together on Lake Street. The vehicles soon backed into parking spaces in front of the parlor.

The getaway fell apart when the BMW hit a police spike strip. Three people abandoned that vehicle and got into the Durango, which then held eight people. Police pursued the SUV at high speed through several western suburbs. In Bellwood, a second spike strip placed near Interstate 290 stopped the vehicle. The suspects ran across the highway on foot, and police closed traffic for a time while searching the area.

Four suspects, 20-year-old Keonte Adams, 24-year-old Dajuan Johnson, 20-year-old Kyronte McCondichie, and 19-year-old Daryl Nesbit, were indicted on October 30 on multiple charges including armed violence, robbery, possession of a stolen vehicle, and fleeing police.