Overview
- Chicago police arrested Jacob Bogdan, 26, on Saturday in the Chinatown firehouse block after a series of axe attacks on firefighters’ parked cars.
- Prosecutors charged him with 21 felonies for criminal damage to government and personal property, and a judge ordered him detained.
- The case links four incidents at stations in Chinatown, Bronzeville, and Washington Park on Feb. 5, March 16, April 6, and April 10 with no injuries reported.
- Surveillance footage shows a suspect using an axe to shatter windows, and filings say station doors and windows were struck too.
- Prosecutors put the damage at about $130,000 and cite records that he previously served a 2024 sentence for damaging government property.