More of This Please

Shooting burglars is a good start:

• A three-time convicted burglar is facing burglary charges again after a South Side homeowner allegedly caught him breaking into a garage and shot him in the leg.

  Officers responding to a “burglary in progress” call around 2:45 a.m. on March 7 found 59-year-old Jose Pantoja lying in an alley behind the 5100 block of South Loomis Boulevard with a gunshot wound to his right leg.

  A 40-year-old man who lives nearby told officers he heard someone breaking into his garage and found Pantoja wearing a mask and placing a socket wrench into a backpack. When Pantoja allegedly tried to flee, the homeowner, a valid concealed carry license holder, shot him in the leg, according to police and prosecutors.

And guess who didn't even ask for him to be detained on bond?

• He is charged with burglary and possession of burglary tools. Prosecutors did not seek his detention, and he will remain free pending trial.

  Court records show he has been convicted of burglary three times in Cook County.

Three Strikes would have had this convict behind bars, unable to commit crimes.