A Cook County man has been sentenced to 60 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for breaking into homes in Wheaton and Lombard, which resulted in the shooting of a homeowner in August 2020.
Malik Pitts, 25, formerly of Broadview, entered a blind plea of guilty to one count of attempted murder, one count of home invasion and one count of attempted child pornography last July.The case against Pitt's co-defendant, 24-year-old Isaiah Johnson of Blue Island, is due back in court on March 29 for a sentencing hearing.According to prosecutors, at about 5:04 a.m. on Aug. 23, 2020, Wheaton police officers responded to a home invasion at 1710 E. Evergreen St.
During this incident, the male homeowner was awoken by Pitts and Johnson in his living room with Johnson pointing a gun at him and asking, "Where's the money?"Pitts then went to the upstairs bedroom where the mother and her daughter were sleeping in the same bed.Pitts ordered them to the main floor of the residence and then ordered the daughter to the basement and ordered her to remove her clothing.
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