wrote:
> On Friday, August 28, 2020 at 7:15:58 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> >
> > Question: Do you ever leave the house with it? Or is it
> > mainly for home security?
> >
> It's mainly for home defense but yes, I have taken it with me when I
> leave to do errands.
> >
> > Seems to be that most daylight hours are safe unless you
> > live in a bad area. Most crime happens in the hours after
> > dark up until about 4am.
> >
> Tell that do stupid criminals or to a drugged-out idiot. I'm sure they
> will agree with you.
Heh, Gary should visit Shitcago, the predator scum are out during weekday mornings and afternoon, knocking down and robbing seniors, pushing peeps onto the El train tracks, and the like...they've no fear of consequences, as the Dumbocrats are running the place...never again will I set foot in downtown Chicago, FAR FAR too dangerous...!!! Many of these crimes are now occuring in the posh areas of the city, many many are putting their abodes up for sale and fleeing. Ditto with businesses, Chicago is "cooked", as the auld saying goes...
Some bloody details:
https://cwbchicago.com/2020/08/14-ti...utors-say.html
"...A 14-time convicted felon whos on parole is charged with stealing purses from a nurse and a 74-year-old cancer patient in the Northwestern Memorial Hospital cafeteria...On June 30, Berry went into the hospital cafeteria, removed the elderly cancer patients purse from her chair, and walked out of the building, prosecutors said. The bag contained a $6,000 gold and diamond necklace, $100 cash, and credit cards. Video surveillance at a Loop convenience store allegedly shows Berry using the womans credit card to purchase $98 worth of merchandise about an hour after the theft.
Back on April 7, while the hospital had limited staffing and few visitors due to the COVID pandemic, Berry entered the same cafeteria and used his foot to pull a nurses purse away from her as she ate lunch, prosecutors said.
Berry is on parole after he served three years of a six-year sentence that he received for aggravated identity theft of a victim over age 60, theft from person, and felony theft, in 2017.
Judge Arthur Willis cited Berrys alleged decision to target a cancer patient and a nurse who was working during the height of the COVID pandemic as factors in setting bail at $100,000. Willis also ordered Berry held without bail while the state considers revocation of his parole.
Before Berrys latest prison stint, he was incarcerated for:
4 years for theft in 2012
3 years for theft from person in 2010
3 years for retail theft in 2005
a concurrent 4 years for theft from person in 2005
3 years for retail theft in 2003
2 years for theft in 2002
30 months for theft from person in 2001
2 years for narcotics in 1998
2 years for forgery in 1995
4 years for theft in 1993
2 years for theft in 1979
https://cwbchicago.com/2020/08/updat...-mag-mile.html
"Police have issued CTA surveillance camera images of the man who investigators believe slammed an 85-year-old woman to a parking garage floor during a robbery near the Magnificent Mile on Tuesday morning...The footage shows the woman walking with a cane to the back entrance of her building through the parking garage entrance at 158 East Grand around 10:33 a.m. A man peels off from two companions on the sidewalk and approaches the woman from behind as she prepares to enter the buildings back door.
The offender pulls violently on the womans purse strap, which was draped across her chest. She is thrown to the pavement and strikes her head as the attacker continues to yank on her purse strap until it breaks."
https://cwbchicago.com/2020/08/prose...ed-murder.html
"Most Illinoisans have to wait weeks or months before they can legally carry a concealed firearm. Illegally, though, its much easier.
In fact, prosecutors say a Chicago man managed to be arrested for illegally possessing a handgun this month just six days after he got out of prison for attempted murder.
Prosecutors said Juravius Gadberry, 35, was the front seat passenger of a car that police pulled over for a traffic violation early August 9 in the Garfield Park neighborhood...
Six days earlier, on August 3, Gadberry was paroled out of Stateville Correctional Center where he was serving a 12-year sentence for attempted murder, according to state records.
Prosecutors charged Gadberry with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
I would note his most recent felony was 12 years ago, public defender Courtney Smallwood told Judge David Navarro during a bond court appearance.
I get what youre arguing, Navarro replied while countering that Gadberry had essentially been in prison for those 12 years.
Essentially, but not entirely.
State records show Gadberry was previously paroled March 3, but he was sent back to prison on June 25 for violating the terms of release then the state rereleased him on August 3.
While he was out on the March parole, Indiana police arrested Gadberry for violating a protective order in Elkhart County. Last August, prosecutors there charged him with domestic battery in the presence of a child, strangulation and domestic battery, according to a local media report.
He has previously served prison time for narcotics and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to state records.
The Illinois Department of Corrections this month asked Cook County authorities to hold Gadberry without bail while they consider revoking his parole again for the new gun allegations. Judge Navarro agreed to do that, and he also set bail on the gun charge at $100,000. Whenever Gadberry becomes eligible for release, he will need to post a $10,000 deposit bond to get out of jail..."
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