Chicago police describe Tecarre Harper as a “prolific criminal” and said he has been targeting stores for months.
block, where a private surveillance camera caught four of them dumping cash registers and other items.
One was signed last month when Harper failed to appear for a hearing in a 2021 burglary case out of Chicago, court records show. He also has a pending gun case from later that year for which he was on bond, as well as pending robbery and identity theft charges from 2019. He also pleaded guilty in 2014 to aggravated battery, getting a two-year prison sentence. A year earlier, he was sentenced to another year in prison and probation in separate drug cases.
This comes as Illinois State's Attorney Kwame Raoul announced a partnership with the Illinois Retail Merchants Association to introduce a proposal that would fight organized retail crime by giving prosecutors additional tools to hold criminals accountable.
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