Gucci
and Apples and guns, oh my! More looting suspects appear in bond court
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Police Supt. David Brown on Monday said cops arrested more than 100 people for
looting and other crimes during a social media-fueled crime wave in the
downtown area earlier that day.
Brown and
Mayor Lori Lightfoot, speaking to the press as looters continued to rip through
the city’s stores, called on judges and prosecutors to hold looters and rioters
responsible.
If Brown
and Lightfoot were expecting Cook County’s criminal justice leaders to comply
with their requests for a stricter approach, they were sorely mistaken.
The downtown
riot’s first felony arrestee appeared in
bond court about four hours after the press conference.
Accused of striking a cop with a brick, trying to loot the Michigan Avenue
Burberry store, criminal damage, and resisting arrest, Demisck Lomax went home
the same day by posting a $500 bond.
So, after
having a day to things over, did Cook County’s justice system take a different
approach with defendants?
Here’s a
look at some of the cases from Tuesday’s felony bond court session. In addition
to the individuals profiled here, another 10 adults faced looting-related
felony charges Tuesday. The average bond required of those defendants is
$350.
$73,000 in merchandise
Police
said they saw Jailyn Kelly and another person loading bags and purses into a
Kia outside the Gucci store at 900 North Michigan during Monday’s looting. Cops
recovered 25 Gucci clothing items, 22 Gucci sunglasses, 3 Gucci purses, and 7
pairs of Gucci shoes worth a combined $40,755 from the car along with another
$32,000 worth of merchandise from the nearby Dior boutique.
But
police haven’t been able to prove that the Dior items were stolen, so Kelly,
age 21, is not charged with taking them — at least not yet. He’s charged with
theft and he posted a $1,000 deposit bond to go home.
Separately,
police arrested 32-year-old Deandre Florence when they saw him crawling out of
a broken window at the Gucci store shortly before 6 a.m., prosecutors said.
Florence dropped the Gucci merchandise he was carrying, but other looters
swooped in and stole it again, according to police. Store video cameras
allegedly recorded Florence inside the store. He posted $300 to go home after
prosecutors charged him with looting and disorderly conduct.
A gun on the run
Police
said hey saw Jabari Dancy, age 36, run a red light near State and Lake around
12:15 a.m. Monday. He pulled over, then allegedly sped away when cops asked for
his insurance. Cops found his minivan abandoned in an alley a short time later,
and they arrested him nearby. Police allegedly recovered a loaded handgun and
more than a pound of marijuana in his vehicle. He was free on bond for a
pending manufacture-delivery of cannabis case.
Prosecutors
charged him with unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, aggravated unlawful use
of a weapon, aggravated fleeing, manufacture-delivery of cannabis, and driving
on a suspended license.
He will
need to post $5,000 and go onto electronic monitoring if freed. However, he’ll
also be held without bail for violating the terms of his previous bail bond
until a judge can review that matter.
Slippery
Around 5
a.m., police saw 27-year-old Javonte Williams with what they believed to be
stolen merchandise outside a looted store near State and Lake streets. He tried
to run when cops approached, but he lost his footing on broken storefront glass
and fell, Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said.
Williams
got back up and started running again while holding his waistband, according to
police, and a loaded 9-millimeter handgun fell to the ground.
Prosecutors
charged him with unlawful use of a weapon and resisting police. He’ll need
$5,000 to get out of jail.
Big bond
Byron
Moore, a two-time convicted gun offender, received the highest bond of anyone
arrested during Monday’s riots. No one even comes close.
Police
who responded to a looting call at Louis Vuitton, 909 North Michigan, saw
several people piling into a Chrysler 200 that sped from the scene with Moore
behind the wheel, according to Murphy. The car happened to have been parked
under a street light, so cops were able to clearly see a handgun with an
extended ammunition magazine sticking out of Moore’s waistband before he fled,
Murphy said. Cops pursued the Chrysler, which crashed. Everyone ran from the
car, and officers arrested Moore nearby. A gun with the extended magazine was
allegedly found on the driver’s seat of his car.
Prosecutors
charged him with armed habitual criminal. He’s on parole for a 2017 charge of
being a felon in possession of a firearm, and he also went to prison for a gun
case in 2014.
He’ll
need $30,000 to get out of jail, but he may not have that opportunity right
away. The Illinois Department of Corrections ordered him held without bail for
a parole violation.
Big mouth, small bond
Cops say
they walked up to Omar Hall because he was drinking from an open bottle of
liquor near Michigan and Erie around 4:50 a.m. Monday. They told him not to go
onto Michigan because of the looting.
Hall then
blurted out something about being legally able to carry a firearm, Murphy said.
Intrigued, the cops asked some follow-up questions as Hall allegedly tried to
walk past them. An officer who pushed Hall back reportedly felt an object in
the 29-year-old’s waistband. And a loaded handgun was found tucked into the
back of Hall’s pants, according to police.
After
hearing his Miranda rights, Hall continued talking and said he carried the gun,
which he bought “from a crackhead,” because there are a lot of shootings in his
neighborhood.
Hall
needs to post $100 (yes, one hundred) to go home.
Bad Apples
Three men
are charged with looting the Apple store at 801 West North Avenue at 5:52 a.m.
Monday.
Police
who responded to the area to investigate calls of shots fired allegedly saw
brothers Darryl and Paul DuPont running out of the store’s side entrance. Cops
chased them, and the duo jumped into a Chevy Tahoe that was sitting nearby with
Steven Adams behind the wheel, Murphy said. CPD units blocked the car in and
all three men were detained.
A bag
containing 17 iPhones worth $17,033 was found in the vehicle, according to
Murphy.
Darryl
DuPont, 40, told police “he is disgusted with himself,” Murphy said. Paul
DuPont, age 34, allegedly told police the men “saw people running out with shit
from the Apple store,” so he grabbed a bag and “filled it up with shit.”
Adams,
32, said he just sat in his car and talked to his girlfriend on the phone while
the DuPonts went inside.
All three
men are charged with burglary and looting. Each can go home for $500.
Bye by buy
A CPD
lieutenant detained Clint Linzy, age 32, and 25-year-old Jarve Toms-Dixon as
the men tried to leave the looted Best Buy store at 1000 West North Avenue at
5:40 a.m. Monday, Murphy said.
Toms-Dixon
allegedly told police that he was riding around with his girlfriend when they
saw the store getting looted, and he decided to jump into the mix. He grabbed a
box from the store — he said he didn’t know what it was, but it was priced at
$139 — and put it into his girlfriend’s car. Then, he went back inside for
more, Murphy said. That’s when the cop caught him.
Linzy
allegedly told police he walked into the Best Buy and looked around the store,
but all of the merchandise was gone. The cop arrested him as he tried to leave
empty-handed.
“I didn’t
even get a chance to steal,” Linzy allegedly moaned to arresting officers.
The two
men are charged with burglary, looting, and disorderly conduct. They were given
a bond of $250.
A different kind of car jack
Police
said they saw 35-year-old Jason Williams using a car jack to pound on the OMEGA
watch store’s window at 909 North Michigan at 1:38 a.m. Monday. In bond court
on Tuesday, Murphy said Williams threatened approaching officers and then led
them on a series of foot chases interspersed with physical altercations. At one
point, a slow-passing car struck one officer in his thigh, sending him,
Williams, and two other cops to the pavement.
When it
was all said and done, three police officers were hospitalized with sprains,
bruising, and other injuries, according to Murphy.
After
receiving his Miranda warning, Williams allegedly told cops from the back of a
squad car, “We’re taking what we want, and if you come over, I will beat your
mother fucking ass.”
Prosecutors
charged him with three counts of aggravated resisting. He needs a $1,000
deposit bond to go home on electronic monitoring. Murphy said Williams has a
pending unlawful use of a weapon case.