CHICAGO — A man already facing charges for a violent robbery outside a Chinatown casino shuttle stop is now accused of committing a second armed mugging just hours earlier in the same neighborhood, according to prosecutors.
Willie Greenwood, 27, is charged in a March 12 attack that left a 48-year-old man punched, threatened with a gun, and robbed of $200 near 23rd Street and Wentworth Avenue.
Second Mugging Allegation Surfaces
In the newly filed case, prosecutors say Greenwood walked up behind the man late that evening, tapped him on the shoulder, and demanded his money. When the victim attempted to walk away, Greenwood allegedly punched him in the face, knocking him down. Greenwood then revealed the butt of a handgun in his waistband, prompting the victim to surrender his cash.
The attack reportedly occurred just hours before the robbery that originally led to Greenwood’s March arrest — an incident involving a 65-year-old man also targeted after stepping off a casino shuttle bus.
Casino Robbery Case Ties Emerge
As previously reported by CWB Chicago, Greenwood was initially taken into custody on March 12 after a CPD tactical unit, investigating a series of shuttle bus-related robberies, spotted him driving a black Hyundai Tucson similar to one linked to earlier crimes.
Police say Greenwood gave permission to search his vehicle, where officers recovered a BB gun pistol from the glove compartment. Around the same time, a Chinatown security officer alerted police that a man had just been robbed at gunpoint near the casino.
Surveillance footage later showed Greenwood allegedly running from the scene, returning moments later to his car. Despite initially denying he exited the vehicle, Greenwood reportedly admitted it was him in the video, claiming he was looking for his girlfriend’s car.
Court Decisions Raise Eyebrows
In the initial robbery case, Judge Deidre Dyer ordered Greenwood detained in March. But just a month later, Judge Timothy Joyce released him on bond. After Greenwood appeared in court last week on the new charges, Dyer again presided — but this time allowed him to remain free on electronic monitoring, denying a second detention request by prosecutors.
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