Posted on 03/17/2024 6:32:25 AM PDT by george76
CHICAGO — Prosecutors say two Chicago men robbed a construction crew, exchanged gunfire with an off-duty sheriff’s deputy at the scene, fled, then returned to fire another shot, only to have one of the victims pull out a gun and open fire on them, too. No injuries were reported.
And, according to court records, one of the men was eyed as a suspect in a series of robberies last fall but ended up being charged only with a misdemeanor. He’s also on “first-time weapon offender probation” for a 2022 gun case.
The robbery occurred on March 1 in the 11500 block of South State. Two gunmen got out of a stolen Kia and robbed four construction workers at gunpoint, taking phones and wallets, according to a Chicago police report.
An off-duty sheriff’s deputy working security intervened in the robbery and exchanged shots with both robbers, the report said. The offenders then fled the scene.
But they came back moments later and fired at least one shot into the air, prosecutors said. That motivated one of the victims, a concealed carry holder, to pull out his gun and shoot at them as they ran away.
Cops arrested Williams and Alexander as they tried to leave the area in an Uber, according to the CPD report.
Both men are charged with attempted murder, four counts of armed robbery with a firearm, one count of attempted armed robbery with a firearm, and aggravated assault by discharging a firearm. Judge Maryam Ahmad detained them as threats to public safety.
Williams has been on first-time weapon offender probation in a gun case since September 2022, according to court records. The program will wipe the gun charge from his record if he completes the probation successfully.
Last September, almost exactly a year after going on probation, Williams was arrested in another case. Acting on information that two robbery suspects ran into an apartment building from an abandoned stolen car, cops found Williams “pretending to be asleep” inside an apartment that had a broken door, a CPD report said.
The officers said they found a gun on a bookshelf, a large amount of cash on a dresser, and another man suspected of being involved in ten robberies. Williams also had a check made out to a Hispanic man who had been targeted in an armed robbery the day before, CPD’s report said.
Prosecutors only charged him with misdemeanor theft of lost or mislaid property. Judge Barbara Dawkins released him to await trial the next day.
The Code of Hammurabi
5. If a judge try a case, reach a decision, and present his judgment in writing; if later error shall appear in his decision, and it be through his own fault, then he shall pay twelve times the fine set by him in the case, and he shall be publicly removed from the judge’s bench, and never again shall he sit there to render judgement.
Judge Barbara Dawkins. Justice in Chicago?
BUMP
Glad the construction workers are OK. Too bad about the perps.
“”An off-duty sheriff’s deputy working security””
It’s probably an assumption that the scene was an outside construction site? Do construction sites in Chicago now need security?
An actual construction crew in Chicago?
Finally, some good news.
It’s good that a security guard was able to intervene, but my first thought was, “Construction sites now have to have armed guards?” Just another indicator of our descent into a low-trust society.
To live in, or even near, a city is ABSOLUTELY IDIOCY at this point. if I was stuck with a business in a city, I’d sell it as soon as possible, while it still may have some value (there’s usually a bigger fool).
But, obviously, I would have bailed from just about any city at least 5 years ago, and bailed from the really bad ones at least 10 years ago.
As long as the US permits Leftists to have political power, anyone not FULLY INFORMED is asking for a really bad time, be it here, or when their kids go to school, or when they go to buy a car, or a kitchen stove, as they NEVER STOP.
Of course.
“ Cops arrested Williams and Alexander as they tried to leave the area in an Uber…”
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LOL - Obviously these geniuses FAILED ‘ROBBERY 101’ or at least the chapter on ‘getaway drivers’.
Them again, Yogi?
True, but the Problem is though that the left are filling rural areas with illegals, and many city folks are moving to the rural areas too, bringing their crime with them.
The town I grew up in was an awesome town... until illegals, blm peeps, antifa scum and city folks began showing up when they got word how nice it was here.
Little by little the town devolved- still not terrible yet, but it’s getting worse all the time.
If you are,real rural, things are still good- even great, but the influx of illegals, Muslims, blm, anitfa scum etc is spreading rapidly.
I’m guessing that they chose a path other than studying to be neuroscientists?
I’ll take “0bama’s sons’ student loans” for $5,000, Alex.
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It's always them, Boo-boo.
The perp is your typical scumbum. No surprises there.
They'd already shown once that they could well return, so shooting them as they left is justified.
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