A person with a protracted felony historical past pleaded responsible Thursday to robbing a musician of a $10,000 violin aboard a CTA Blue Line prepare within the Loop this spring.
Timothy Johnson, 39, pleaded responsible to theft in change for a six-year sentence from Decide Stanley Sacks. The sentence can be lower in half with good habits.
Prosecutors stated Johnson was driving a Blue Line prepare close to Clark-Lake on the night of April 11 when he noticed a possibility: a violin case that 22-year-old musician Cyrus Spurlock was carrying as he rode to Wicker Park.
Johnson grabbed the case and fought off Spurlock’s resistance as CTA cameras rolled, prosecutors stated. Police launched a seek for the violin, which was handmade by Spurlock’s brother, even releasing photos of it to the general public, however there are not any indications it has been discovered.
Throughout an preliminary court docket listening to, a decide described Johnson’s habits as a “blatant use of drive” in opposition to “a random civilian.”
Johnson was already going through two felony retail theft instances on the time of the theft. He pleaded responsible in these instances in July and obtained 24 months probation from Decide Eulalia De La Rosa.
Courtroom data present Johnson additionally pleaded responsible in March to assaulting a CTA worker on the Logan Sq. Blue Line station. He obtained a 30-day jail time period in that case. His historical past additionally consists of an tried theft of a senior citizen.
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