Not a Record

But close to one....and far too common nowadays:

• A North Side man was arrested three times in four days for allegedly threatening and battering people in the Loop and Uptown, culminating with a violent attack on an 80-year-old man, according to court records. The documents show that Michael Harris, 30, was arrested on July 19, July 20, and again on July 22. 

  Incredibly, a Chicago police report says officers released Harris from custody the first time, even though he was behaving so abnormally that the Cook County Sheriff’s Office refused to admit him to the Leighton Criminal Courthouse for an initial appearance.

Officers don't "release" anyone. That's a supervisory call at the very least and a judge's call most other times. We remember a time when Violation of Bail Bond was an automatic trip to County to see a judge, which at least kept the real assholes off the street for most of the next day. 

If the sheriff's wouldn't take him at the Bridge, then he most likely went for a psych evaluation somewhere and a doctor would have to either admit him (necessitating extensive paperwork and phone calls to get him admitted to Cermak Hospital) or a supervisor would RWOC him with a pinkie promise from the hospital to call when he was stabilized....which might happen once-out-of-five times. Usually the hospital just doses the patient and releases him back to the streets when they know they aren't getting paid and there isn't a bed available.

If only he had thrown a root beer at someone important, he'd be sitting in the jail on multiple felony charges.