Mini-Quick Hits

Anyone surprised by this one?

• The rapper whose album release party in River North last summer preceded the deadliest mass shooting in Chicago history is now being held in the Cook County Jail after Chicago police allegedly found a stolen handgun beneath her driver’s seat during a traffic stop last week.

  Melanie “Mello Buckzz” Doyle, 25, was detained on felony weapons charges after officers stopped her vehicle in the Lower West Side on June 15.

A rapper with a stolen gun....who'd have thunk it?

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Wicker Park serial killer?

• A Wicker Park man accused of killing and torturing a series of kittens, then replacing each one with a look-alike purchased through Craigslist, avoided prison Monday by accepting a resurrected plea deal moments before jury selection was set to begin.

  Thomas Martel, 25, pleaded guilty to one count of animal torture and one count of aggravated cruelty to animals after Cook County Judge Sharon Kanter said she would honor a previous plea offer of 54 months, even though prosecutors had withdrawn it. With credit for more than 1,000 days spent on electronic monitoring and Illinois’ standard 50% sentence reduction, Martel will not serve any time in prison.

The Garrido people are justifiably outraged at this, as most normal people ought to be.

Anyone know if this psycho has a history of arson? Once you see his picture over at the CWB site, you'll just assume the bed-wetting attribute and put him directly into the serial killer category.