Posted on 08/21/2020 11:30:30 AM PDT by simpson96
A Chicago man was charged with theft after allegedly trying to sell undercover police officers a $2,700 sweater looted from an upscale boutique when caravans of people ransacked high-end stores in the city’s commercial districts over a week ago.
Melvin Banks, 29, allegedly posted an ad for the sweater on the mobile marketplace OfferUp. An employee at the Brunello Cucinelli boutique on Rush Street, near Chicago’s Gold Coast district, noticed the sweater online and alerted the Chicago Police Department, Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said. It was priced at $2,700 and was stolen by looters who broke in on Aug. 10.
Detectives then used the app to speak with Banks and agreed to purchase the sweater for $800. Banks was arrested by officers who met him at a strip mall near North and Western avenues Monday night, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
“I don’t know how a $2,000 sweater feels, but it must be immaculate, and feels very, very soft, I’m certain. But that’s a little too rich for my blood,” Cook County Judge John Lyke Jr. said after Banks' court hearing on Wednesday.
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The Brunello Cucinelli boutique alone sustained $1 million in damages from the looting.
A woman was also charged on Tuesday for allegedly stealing a pair of $1,400 boots from the same boutique and trying to sell them online for $1,100 to undercover police officers.
It was unclear how Banks obtained the stolen sweater. He allegedly told police he was asleep at home the night looting gripped the city and that his girlfriend gave him the sweater for free. The girlfriend’s story conflicted, and she allegedly told police the couple was out of town and her cousin had gifted her the sweater, according to the Times.
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For $2700, Kimmy Granger had better be wearing it when she delivers it to my home, removes it, and makes a movie starring the two of us.
“It was unclear how Banks obtained the stolen sweater. “
He stole it.
Some other idiot said black looters were just acquiring “reparations”. Sigh.
OMG!! The resemblance is remarkable!!
OMG!! The resemblance is remarkable!!
Lol!!!!
The way this whole thing developed, started with the Italian fashion industry areas run and controlled by the Chinese commies. Was this outlet one of those owned by them ?
When Italy got hit by a runaway CCWV (Chinese Communist Wuhan Virus) breakout occurred in Wuhan. The CCP politburo closed off Wuhan but did not warn the Italian Socialist government or the Pope with whom the Chinese government had good relations with.
Your Dodge Challenger was mostly assembled by robots and few Canadian workers, NOT top of the line artists from Italy.
NO! Iacocca didn’t have much to do with it, and Marchionne just tried to squeeze a few dollars out of it as it went down the line.
The sweater was lovingly woven by a young Michelangelo working his way up.
Brunello Cucinelli started his couture house in 1979 with a specialty for cashmere garments for women. Cucinelli personally travels every year in the mountains of Mongolia to purchase cashmere directly from the producers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunello_Cucinelli_(company)
If you were here I’d run you over with my Challenger :-)
It’s 4000 pounds without me in it
It’s 5,000 pounds with me in it :-)
If you were here I’d run you over with my Challenger :-)
Oh, be nice!
And you surely would not want to prang your trusty steed.
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