A Chicago man who prosecutors stated beat an amputee to demise whereas making an attempt to gather a $600 cocaine debt throughout a house invasion in Edgewater has been sentenced to 12 years in jail—however he received’t serve a single day there.
Ronald Armour, 53, was launched from the Illinois Division of Corrections on October 3, the identical day he arrived, after receiving credit score for the greater than three years he spent in Prepare dinner County Jail awaiting trial and a normal 50 % sentence discount for good habits, in response to courtroom and state jail information.
Armour was initially charged with homicide and a number of felonies following the July 2021 assault inside an condominium within the 6000 block of North Kenmore Avenue. He has resolved the case by pleading responsible to inflicting bodily harm throughout a house invasion, a Class X felony, and was sentenced by Choose James Novy to 12 years in jail, courtroom information present.
Prosecutors stated Armour was a drug supplier recognized by the nickname “Ziploc” who kicked down the victims’ entrance door round 11:40 a.m. on July 1, 2021, after they didn’t reply his knocks. He allegedly discovered the 2 males, ages 63 and 53, mendacity in mattress collectively and started punching them each within the face and head.
The older man escaped however suffered facial accidents, together with damaged enamel and a watch harm. The youthful man, recognized as Darren Williams, was unable to flee as a result of he had just one leg, prosecutors stated. Whereas the health worker dominated his demise a murder, the workplace additionally decided that his main explanation for demise was coronary heart illness with blunt power head trauma and cocaine intoxication as contributing elements, in response to public information.
Prosecutors stated the 2 victims had bought cocaine from Armour for a number of years and had texted him to vow reimbursement of a $600 debt. After the assault, the surviving sufferer referred to as 911 and advised police a person named “Ziploc” was accountable, even offering Armour’s telephone quantity.
Whereas the sufferer was being handled in a hospital, Armour allegedly texted him once more, saying he was exterior their condominium constructing and asking why police had been there. Prosecutors stated he continued to ship messages demanding reimbursement.
Armour’s felony historical past consists of felony convictions for drug possession, distribution, fleeing and eluding police, and DUI relationship, however courtroom information present this was his first conviction for a violent crime.
