Ten Years is a Bargain
A one-man multi-year crime wave:
A man who cut off his ankle monitor, fled a murder scene in a stolen car, and then ran over a Chicago police officer who tried to arrest him has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Antonio Gonzalez, 22, struck a plea deal with prosecutors that closes a tangled series of cases spanning from 2021 to 2022.
The story began on May 29, 2021, when Gonzalez was the front-seat passenger in a car that police pulled over for a traffic violation. When officers arrested the driver for not having a license, they searched the vehicle and found a loaded handgun in a bag that Gonzalez admitted was his, prosecutors said. He was charged with illegal gun possession and released from custody.
Four months later, police allegedly spotted Gonzalez behind the wheel of a car that had been hijacked less than two hours earlier. [...] Because the carjacking victim couldn’t positively identify Gonzalez, prosecutors charged him with possessing a stolen motor vehicle instead of vehicular hijacking. He was placed on electronic monitoring.
On April 27, 2022, Gonzalez allegedly cut off that ankle monitor and tossed it into a garbage can. Sheriff’s deputies issued a warrant after finding the GPS device, prosecutors said.
The following month, Gonzalez resurfaced. According to prosecutors, he was riding in the back seat of a stolen car with three other people when the man sitting next to Gonzalez opened fire on 21-year-old Justin Gamino in the 5100 block of South Elizabeth Street. Gamino, who was unarmed, preparing to graduate from high school, and the father of a 2-year-old girl, died.
The stolen car crashed a short time later. All four occupants ran, but police captured three of them, including the alleged gunman, who was charged with murder.
As for Gonzalez, he ran to Damen Avenue and jumped into a car that had been left running with its keys inside. As two uniformed officers tried to pull him from the driver’s seat, Gonzalez hit the accelerator, throwing both officers to the ground, prosecutors said. One officer was run over by the car’s back tire, leaving tire marks on her arm and uniform and causing a fractured wrist and concussion, according to prosecutors. Her partner suffered abrasions to her hands and arms.
The entire event was recorded on the officers’ body-worn cameras.
Hopefully, Dart's people have someone who knows arithmetic so they can figure out the amount of time in custody, on electronic monitoring, self-release from monitoring, SAFE-T Act free weekends, along with the day-for-day credit for multiple felonies.
He'll probably be home for Christmas this year.
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31 Comments:
The punishment doesn’t even come close to the crime.
As the Bible says…”in the beginning”….one initial traffic stop could have prevented all this chaos. I’m waiting for Gov Glutony to announce a state holiday for the Safe T Act. …no school etc & all govt employees get a paid holiday. Well done voters.
Sorry, couldn’t help but to notice but a 21yr old graduating high school?
It's all so tiresome.
Definitely a great candidate for deportation…
Let us see:
3 strikes and you're out.
A hit and Ball is caught and you're out.
A grounder and fielded ball tags you before making it to first base, and you're out.
Ball in play is fielded and tags you before you make it to any base, and you're out.
And then we have the foul balls, which, strangely, provide the batter with as many opportunities to bat as the batter can manage to hit that ball foul.
There is something here that means something.
Is there a correlation between crime and soft sentencing for convicted criminals? I think there is.
wow,,,, only 10 years for all that? and Cozzi got 4 years for just slapping a guy
Don’t over think it. It didn’t happen anyway.
You’re on to something mysterious and deeply profound. Baseball is…is…is…is…LIFE! And Chiraq’s “ foul balls” rule the day.
And the father of a two year old…
Cook County and the State of IL is a sentencing joke!
Well he had to take 2 years off to raise his child on our dime, you know
Did I read a 21 year old graduating high school ???
Wish I could think of something clever to say.
The positive side? Momma didn't let him drop-out or quit school.
He was "preparing" to graduate. H never did reach that milestone in his life.
If the are considered “Learning Devices sable” there Momma can draw three more years of welfare. Hint, hint, that is why there are so many “learning disabled” kids in Chicago.
Anyone know the reason the "crowd became unruly while first responders were treating the victims and investigating the shooting." ? https://cwbchicago.com/2025/08/two-men-shot-during-parking-lot-brawl-in-noble-square.html
Lets use the sentencing mathematics logic for property taxes. If words actually meant what is said/written at face value, his 10 year sentences would equate to his release in 2035 minus the time served. Let's say your property taxes are $5,000 a year. The law is the law and $5,000 means you pay $5,000 or pay a penalty if you are late. You have historically paid your taxes at face amount like an imposed financial prison sentence and on time exhibiting good behavior, then using democrat social justice logic should the amount owed to the tax collector be ridiculously reduced for good behavior and payments already served?
Yes...an a ..."honor student" at that.
any bets he can't read his 8th grade diploma,,,
Just let us know when he is killed in prison!
You just did.
One wonders why being held in custody pending trial is credited as time served after conviction, yet is not considered in any way when no conviction is the outcome.
He'll be home for Christmas
Just you wait and see....
“Today, the state of Tennessee killed a gentle, kind, fragile, intellectually disabled man in a violation of the laws of our country simply because they could.”
https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/us-news/tennessee-death-row-inmate-byron-black-cries-out-in-pain-during-lethal-injection-after-state-refused-to-deactivate-defibrillator-implant/
Killed a woman and her 6 and 9 year old daughter. Suffered a bit at the end? So sad, too bad.
Fuck him
I will shed a tear.
You are currently ahead in the competition with the midnight basketball comment king.
Hold that steady pace.
My response to "He cried out in pain"
Good.
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