A Venezuelan migrant was sentenced Monday to 4 years in jail for mugging a lady in Streeterville simply three days after being launched from digital monitoring in one other case.
Edmonds Peraza Cortez, 25, pleaded responsible to aggravated theft and possession of a managed substance earlier than Decide Aleksandra Gillespie, in accordance with courtroom data.
Round 6:30 a.m. on April 11, a 41-year-old lady was exterior her constructing within the 400 block of East Illinois Road when Cortez pulled his Divvy bike in entrance of her and displayed a gun, prosecutors mentioned.
The sufferer advised police she heard the gun click on as Cortez demanded, “Cash! Cash!”
As a substitute of taking money, Cortez made off with the lady’s iPhone, Lululemon bag, and electrical scooter. Prosecutors mentioned the holdup was captured on video.
Shortly after the theft, police pinged the lady’s cellphone to the 600 block of West Hubbard Road. When officers arrived, Cortez noticed them and ducked into a close-by tent, in accordance with their report.
He was arrested after the sufferer recognized him because the robber.
Simply three days earlier than the holdup, prosecutors had dropped a felony narcotics case towards Cortez, and his ankle monitor was eliminated. After his arrest three days later, prosecutors refiled the narcotics cost in July.
On Monday, Decide Gillespie sentenced him to 4 years for the theft and a concurrent three-year time period for the narcotics case.
