CHICAGO — A Lake County judge ordered Robert E. “Bobby” Crimo III, accused of carrying out the rooftop massacre at Highland Park’s Independence Day parade, held without bond as his prosecution on seven counts of first-degree murder begins.
Calling Crimo a “threat to the community,” Judge Theodore Potkonjak ordered him to remain in jail. Crimo’s next hearing is set for July 28.
Prosecutor Ben Dillon said Crimo, a 21-year-old who grew up in the normally tranquil Chicago suburb, admitted to police that he “looked down his sights, aimed and opened fire at people across the street” from a perch atop a building on the corner of Central Avenue and 2nd Street.
