A 22-year-old man is accused of brutally attacking and robbing a 27-year-old man in River North, however a decide rejected prosecutors’ detention petition and despatched him house on an ankle monitor.
Prosecutors say Aman Terry attacked the sufferer round 10:22 p.m. on August 21 after the person dropped off a buddy at LaSalle and Huron. Surveillance video captured Terry, sporting a black sweatshirt with a blue flame design, stopping the sufferer within the 700 block of North LaSalle and demanding to know what was in his pockets, prosecutors mentioned in a detention petition.
An confederate yanked the person’s necklace from his neck. Terry allegedly punched the sufferer within the face, dragged him towards the doorway of a vacant storefront, and demanded his cellphone’s passcode. When the sufferer refused, Terry took his Dior sun shades and digicam and saved punching him within the face and physique, prosecutors mentioned. The sufferer’s head hit the concrete and Terry allegedly pressed him towards the wall together with his forearm and continued the beating.
The sufferer tried to retrieve his necklace however solely obtained the chain again, not the pendant. Prosecutors mentioned he pleaded for the pendant, which had sentimental worth, and even supplied the attackers $50 to return his belongings. As a substitute, prosecutors say, Terry took the $50, punched the sufferer within the face once more, and left.
The sufferer sought remedy at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Middle the following day, the place he was identified with a concussion, bruising, and a big bump on his brow.
Simply two hours after the theft, Chicago police arrested Terry on an unrelated matter. Officers mentioned he interfered with a road cease close to the intersection of State and Oak streets.
“I’ll punch y’all a**es and contact y’all for actual,” he allegedly threatened.
Terry allegedly resisted arrest, injuring an officer’s knee. He was charged with felony aggravated assault of a peace officer and two counts of felony resisting.
Days later, detectives investigating the theft circulated surveillance pictures of the suspects. The officer injured throughout the Oak Road incident acknowledged Terry from the footage and investigators subsequently arrested him to face fees. He was sporting the distinctive hoodie with the blue flame design after they took him into custody, in keeping with prosecutors.
Regardless of the state’s request to maintain Terry detained, Choose Susana Ortiz ordered him launched on digital monitoring. He’s charged with theft, aggravated battery in a public place, and illegal restraint. In keeping with his CPD arrest report, he works as a safety guard.
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