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A 60-year-old man who has spent much of his adult life behind bars for burglarizing Chicago homes is accused of returning to the same crime just months after his latest release from prison.
Joseph Shipp is charged with two new counts of residential burglary stemming from break-ins in Edgewater and Wrigleyville, according to prosecutors.
Illinois officials have revoked his parole, sending him back to prison to serve the remainder of two concurrent 11-year sentences imposed in 2021 for residential burglary. Shipp has six other burglary convictions dating to 1992. The latest allegations began shortly…
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