A 23-year-old Chicago man accused of teaming up with two kin to take again a repossessed automobile at gunpoint is free on digital monitoring after a choose denied prosecutors’ request to detain him.
Prosecutors stated a 33-year-old repo man was dispatched final Thursday to choose up a Chrysler 300 within the 800 block of South Keeler as a consequence of delinquent funds. After the repo man started driving away with the Chrysler, Bush allegedly pulled his inexperienced Charger in entrance of the truck on the 800 block of South Kilpatrick.
Three males received out of the Charger, with one pointing a firearm on the repo man and ordering him to “drop” the Chrysler, prosecutors stated. The tow truck driver complied. Bush allegedly climbed again into the Charger whereas his two kin drove away within the no-longer-repossessed Chrysler.
“Quite a few” cameras aboard the tow truck captured the ambush because it unfolded, prosecutors stated in a detention submitting.
The Charger’s description was entered right into a police database, and cops pulled it over in Villa Park later the identical day with Bush behind the wheel. Prosecutors stated he had a pistol on him and later recognized each the gun and himself in nonetheless pictures taken from the tow truck’s footage. Bush informed investigators the 2 different males concerned had been his father and brother, the detention submitting stated. He admitted he solely needed to get the automobile again and famous he holds a hid carry license, in line with the doc.
Prosecutors charged Bush with armed theft and aggravated vehicular hijacking. They sought to have him detained whereas awaiting trial, however Choose Maryam Ahmad denied their request and as an alternative ordered Bush launched on digital monitoring. As of Tuesday, he’s the one particular person charged in reference to the alleged hijacking.
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