33 Years in Prison for Pair Accused of 2009 Home Invasion
Andrew Dortch, 34, of Calumet City and Marcus Simpson, 24, of Matteson, were found guilty on Jan. 10 of a Palos Hills home invasion where one victim was tied up with duct tape.
Two men charged in a 2009 Palos Hills armed home invasion were sentenced to 33 years in prison last month.
Andrew Dortch, 34, of Calumet City and Marcus Simpson, 24, of Matteson, had been charged with home invasion, Palos Hills police said. The two men were accused of breaking into a home on May 15, 2009, in the area of 10700 Olympia Circle.
One victim inside the home fought with gunman and escaped to a neighbor, where he called 911, police said. Another victim remained tied up with duct tape.
Officers caught up with the suspects, who were running several blocks away from the home.
Both men were found guilty on Jan 10 of home invasion with a firearm and sentenced.
Palos Hills Police Chief Paul Madigan said the officers acted quickly in arresting the two men before anyone was hurt. The suspects are now off the streets and cannot hurt anybody, he said.
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Pat Cannon
1:11 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Glad these 2 are going away for along time, I cant think of a worse crime, and what can happen when scum take over control of your home and family....I have seen a trend of this going on up north in Aurora, I did some research recently when I saw they had just had a home invasion, I back tracked and had found 5 more invasions in their town in the last 8 months....
Mike Conroy
4:04 pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Too bad the police didnt shoot them. It would have prevented 33 years of wasted tax payer money to support them.
Pat Cannon
7:00 pm on Monday, March 25, 2013
wow Sue.. i never heard about your invasion...and i grew up in Hickory, I'm 45 and went to stagg, and I sure was at a lot of Buddy's houses in palos back then, I'm sure we know people in comon...So they never caught your invaders,damn.....or did you go to queen of peace ....wish their was a way to PM on here...
Sue Knies
8:00 pm on Monday, March 25, 2013
I grew up in palos hill and one night when I was a teen when three dirt bags decided it was a great night to home invade my brother and sister and I a month after we lost our brother in a car wreck the night was a nightmare that still haunts me till this day 29 years later I was 16 and my sister was 14 and my brother only 12 at the time when this happened and I still live in fear everyday they never did catch these sons of bitches and probably never will so I'm glad they caught these guys and they truly deserve everything they got coming to them from front to back