A 19-year-old Chicago man was charged with stealing a car after getting into trouble for a similar incident in 2023.
Authorities charged the man with stealing cars while wearing ankle monitors in two other car thefts in March, according to CWB Chicago. report on tuesday.
The suspect, identified as Jonathan Curtis, is in jail and has been labeled a public safety threat and a flight risk in two of the cases.
image show The man in question:
Prosecutors say he stole a car and fled from officers at high speed while wearing an ankle monitor during two car theft incidents.https://t.co/cruEud9JhI
— CWB Chicago (@CWBChicago) January 19, 2024
“Obviously there wasn't enough monitoring. Hmm,” said one social media user. commented As for the story, that's another story. Said“Who could have seen that coming?”
The CWB Chicago report continued:
North Riverside police arrested Curtis on March 2 after he crashed a police cruiser with a stolen Jeep Cherokee and was also in possession of a loaded gun, according to court records. After he appeared before Judge Shelley Henry, he posted $500 in bail and went home the next day wearing his ankle monitor.
Two months later, Judge Geary Krull ordered the sheriff's office to remove Curtis' ankle monitor.
Two months later, on July 13, police arrested Curtis on suspicion of possessing a stolen Toyota Camry in the 600 block of North Laurel. Prosecutors charged him with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, fleeing and attempting to elude.
Illinois became the first state in the nation to abolish cash bail in September, Breitbart News reported at the time. The decision drew fierce criticism in the Democratic-controlled state.
According to an article in CWB Chicago, the suspect was told to go home in October and was fitted with an ankle monitor. But a few months later, police allegedly witnessed Curtis steal an abandoned car by its owner while it was parked in North Campbell.
Officers followed him until he got out of his car on North Juneway Terrace. When he returned to his car, officers attempted a traffic stop but were forced to call off their pursuit after he ran a red light.
GPS on the suspect's ankle monitor reportedly indicated he was present at the time of the incident.
It's important to note that the Chicago Police Department introduced a vehicle pursuit policy in 2020, giving officers a list of things to consider when deciding whether to pursue a vehicle, according to Breitbart News. .
According to a recent CWB Chicago article, a suspect was arrested in this third incident and charged with aggravated possession of a stolen vehicle and aggravated fleeing. He is expected to appear in court in the coming weeks.
