The Chicago Tribune reports:
A burglar who was shot by a Wilmette homeowner during a 2003 break-in, which set off a national debate over local gun laws, was arrested Tuesday and accused of robbing a house in the same neighborhood.
Morio Billings, 34, of the 7500 block of South Sangamon Street, Chicago, is accused of a burglary Friday of a Wilmette home in the 800 block of Michigan Avenue, stealing a purse, keys and a 2004 Volvo parked in the driveway, police said. Billings was arrested 11 days after his release from prison for the 2003 burglary.
Through a stolen credit card and an anonymous tip, police traced Billings to Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, where Chicago police arrested him, Wilmette Deputy Chief Brian King said.
He is being held in Wilmette pending a bond hearing Thursday at the Skokie courthouse, King said.
In December 2003, Billings burglarized a Wilmette house in the first block of Linden Avenue on consecutive nights. The second time, he was shot by homeowner Hale DeMar.
Though DeMar was never charged for shooting Billings, the village cited him for violating a ban on handguns, which carried a fine up to $750.
That set off protests from gun-rights advocates, who argued that DeMar's two handguns had protected his family from Billings.
Billings, who has a long record of convictions, was sentenced to 7 years for breaking into DeMar's home but was released Aug. 25 after serving 2 years and 8 months, King said.
It's rather strange that the people in Wilmette haven't grasped this part of the
Illinois State Constitution:
SECTION 22. RIGHT TO ARMS
Subject only to the police power, the right of the
individual citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed.
In Illinois,gun control doesn't seem to be working.
