A person on “second probability probation” for commandeering victims’ telephones to switch cash to himself is again in jail after prosecutors mentioned he upped his recreation by taking a person’s cellphone at gunpoint after which transferring a big sum of cash to himself.
Kyir Walker, 22, who remains to be serving a two-year “second probability probation” sentence for a pair of 2024 theft instances, was ordered detained on Friday by Decide John Hock. Officers took him into custody close to Wrigley Area on Thursday night after they acknowledged he was needed in reference to a Could armed theft in River North, a CPD report mentioned.
Prosecutors mentioned Walker approached a 23-year-old man from Crown Level, Indiana, round 4 a.m. Could 11 within the 600 block of North Clark. He allegedly displayed a gun, ordered the sufferer to unlock his cellphone, and used it to Zelle $1,190 to an account recognized as “BBOYS.” The sufferer later picked Walker out of a photograph lineup, in keeping with police stories.
Walker had already struck a positive plea deal final November. Decide Shelley Sutker-Dermer sentenced him to “second probability probation” after he pleaded responsible to 2 counts of theft from individual. The deal required him to finish 40 hours of neighborhood service and earn his GED; if profitable, the convictions could be wiped from his report.
These prices stemmed from incidents exterior the Nike Retailer at 669 North Michigan Avenue, the place prosecutors mentioned Walker and an confederate snatched victims’ telephones and the victims’ banking apps to empty their accounts. In a single case, a 20-year-old Gold Coast resident misplaced $500 via his Chase app. In one other case, a 37-year-old Uptown man misplaced $2,000 via Financial institution of America after Walker allegedly grabbed his cellphone beneath the pretense of a donation request. That sufferer later obtained taunting textual content messages from the offenders, prosecutors mentioned.
Each victims recognized Walker in picture lineups, and detectives finally circulated his info to officers within the City Corridor (nineteenth) District, the place comparable thefts have been reported close to the Wrigleyville bar strip final yr. Like his newest arrest, Walker was taken into custody final yr by officers who acknowledged him whereas working a Cubs recreation.
Prosecutors dropped 4 theft prices in these earlier instances, permitting Walker to plead to the lesser theft counts. However with a brand new armed theft cost pending, his probation settlement is in jeopardy, and he faces the prospect of far harder penalties than the second probability he’s presently having fun with.
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