Overview
- Prosecutors charged 23-year-old Tyrese Fenton-Watson, bringing the case to seven defendants who are being held in federal custody without bond.
- A federal grand jury in April indicted six men from Chicago, Los Angeles, Elgin and Bourbonnais on conspiracy to commit robbery and kidnapping, charges that can mean up to life for the kidnapping count and up to 20 years for the robbery count.
- Investigators say the crew used a delivery ruse to get the door opened, forced entry with guns, held an occupant for about an hour, and restrained a child who arrived during the break-in.
- According to the indictment, the intruders demanded a safe, a computer and cryptocurrency account access and coordinated with others waiting nearby.
- Rapper Lil Zay Osama is among the defendants and has publicly denied the allegations.