A Des Plaines man accused of a violent theft and tried kidnapping that was caught on video in Bridgeport two years in the past has been given a five-year jail sentence.
Raymond Marshall, 36, pleaded responsible to aggravated theft earlier than Choose Thomas Byrne, and in change, prosecutors dropped 10 different felony prices, together with a number of armed theft and kidnapping counts, based on courtroom data.
Prosecutors mentioned Marshall and an confederate focused a 35-year-old man in an apparently random assault within the 3600 block of South Morgan Road in October 2023. Because the sufferer pulled into his storage round 4:50 p.m., an armed confederate approached and positioned a gun to his head.
Marshall and the confederate compelled the person to the bottom and handcuffed his arms behind his again. Prosecutors mentioned Marshall then tased the sufferer within the head, neck, and wrist whereas making an attempt to drag him right into a Cadillac Escalade.
The sufferer screamed for assist, asking what the lads needed. When a witness tried to intervene, one of many offenders pointed a gun and ordered him to step again. The duo deserted the kidnapping try as shocked neighbors watched.
Marshall fled on foot, whereas the confederate drove away within the Escalade. A Chicago police officer occurred upon the scene, tried to dam the automobile, after which noticed Marshall working away, based on prosecutors. The officer broadcast an outline that led to Marshall’s arrest shortly thereafter. He was sporting a masks, sun shades, and gloves, and officers recovered the sufferer’s telephone and a Taser close to the arrest scene.
At the least three cameras captured the incident, parts of which had been later offered to CWBChicago.
With state regulation requiring a 50% sentence discount for good habits and extra credit earned whereas within the Cook dinner County Jail, Marshall is anticipated to be paroled on November 10.
