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Who is Bob Crimo?
Robert E. “Bob” Crimo II is an American man from Illinois, United States. He and his brother Paul Crimo share their father’s house in Highwood, Illinois.
Bob ran a convenience store called White Hen Pantry in Ravinia, Highland Park. He and his estranged wife Denise Marie Pesina, who lives in their house in Highland Park, Illinois, have two sons together.
Before marrying Bob, Pesina gave birth to Lynette A. Pesina in 1995. Lynette’s father died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Aside from Highwood and Highland Park, Bob has lived in other parts of Illinois including Buffalo Grove. Here are 13 more things about him:
- He was born in 1964.
- On April 11, 1988, his grandmother Rose Crimo died in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA at age 83.
- As a small business owner, he started being self-employed in 1990 when he started running White Hen Pantry.
- On August 10, 1993, his grandfather Sam Crimo died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida.
- In 2000, Denise gave birth to their son Robert Eugene “Bobby” Crimo III, who went on to become a rapper called Awake the Rapper.
- In 2007, 7-Eleven acquired his business White Hen Pantry.
- In 2008, he opened a coffee shop in Highland Park called Bob’s Pantry & Deli.
- Between 2010 and 2014, police officers were called to her residence in Highwood nine times to address disputes between him and Denise.
- In 2018, a lender sued him and Bob’s Pantry & Deli, alleging he owed more than $764,000.
- Running for Highland Park mayor, he lost to Nancy Rotering in 2019.
- He made $72,678 in 2021, $70,400 in 2022 and $6,793 in 2023.
- On July 4, 2022, his son Bobby allegedly shot 7 people and injured 48 others in Highland Park.
- From 2022 to 2025, he and Denise attended hearings for Bobby in the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan, Illinois.
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TIMELINE
2010
- On January 4, 2010, his mother Chris Crimo died at the age of 72.
- In August 2010, police officers were called to his residence in Highwood after he accused her of striking Denise in the head with her shoe.
- In October 2010, he accused Denise of hitting him with a screwdriver on the left forearm but he recanted once he got to the police station.
2011
- In June 2011, he called the police to report that Denise was trying to pick up Lynette while intoxicated.
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2013
- On March 19, 2013, Patch columnist Ed Brill wrote about him saying he “appears on a few signs around town, but thus far, not in real life – he hasn’t returned calls from Patch, didn’t show at the League of Women Voters, and has no website nor Facebook page. Clearly this is not a serious candidacy.”
- He was one of the five candidates vying for three Highland Park City Council seats on April 9, 2013, which were won by Dan Kaufman, Kim Stone and Alyssa Knobel.
- In a Chicago Tribune article published on June 19, 2013, he talked about Bob’s Pantry & Deli. He told the publication, “I am a people person. Interpersonal interactions are extremely important to me, and this venue allows me to have those interactions while providing a unique service to Highland Park and the surrounding communities.”
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2018
- On October 26, 2018, his father Robert “Bob” Crimo Sr. died at the age of 88 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
- On November 28, 2018, he took to Facebook to announce that he was officially on the ballot for the 2019 mayoral seat of Highland Park.
2019
- In March 2019, a judge ruled in the favor of the lender who sued him in 2018 by default after he failed to appear in court.
- On April 3, 2019, he wrote on Facebook, “This has been a great experience. I cannot thank my supporters enough. Although the polls weren’t in my favor, I will continue to do my best to further the improvement of Highland Park for my fellow neighbors. Thank you all so much again.”
- In December 2019, he sponsored Bobby’s application for a firearm owners identification (FOID) card. In the same month, HSBC Bank filed for foreclosure on his house in Highland Park, alleging he owed more than $460,000.
2020
- In July 2020, he stopped making payments to NewRez LLC, according to the mortgage servicing company.
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2022
- In April 2022, NewRez LLC filed to foreclose on a property he owns in Highwood, alleging he owed more than $197,000, and in May 2022, a judge granted him a full waiver of court fees after he appeared in person and provided proof that he was receiving food stamps.
- On May 27, 2022, he liked a tweet that read, “Protect the Second Amendment like your life depends on it.”
- On June 7, 2022, he wrote on Facebook, “It’s been brought to my attention that my account may have been hacked. Please do not accept any friend requests from me.”
- On the evening of July 3, 2022, he and his son Bobby talked about the mass shooting that happened that night in Denmark. Bobby called the gunman, then 22, an idiot, he told New York Post.
- On July 4, 2022, his son Bobby opened fire after a Fourth of July parade began in Highland Park, killing seven people and injuring 38 others. After the shooting, he and Denise retained Steven Greenberg as their lawyer.
- On July 7, 2022, he filed a motion to block foreclosure of his house in Highland Park.
- On December 16, 2022, he was charged with seven counts of reckless conduct causing great bodily harm, which his attorney George M. Gomez said were “baseless and unprecedented.”
2023
- On October 12, 2023, he filed for bankruptcy while employed at a nonprofit thrift store operator in Milwaukee where he was earning less than $825 a month after taxes.
- On November 6, 2023, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of reckless conduct for helping Bobby acquire a FOID card despite red flags.
- From November 15, 2023 to December 13, 2023, he completed a jail sentence at the Lake County Jail in Waukegan.
2024
- On September 12, 2024, he and Denise attended a hearing in Waukegan.
2025
- On March 3, 2025, his son Bobby pleaded guilty to 21 counts of first-degree murder and 48 counts of attempted first-degree murder before Rossetti.
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