Temporarily Detained
This guy knows the system, how it works, and exactly what the consequences of the SAFE-T Act are....so this had to be a bit of surprise at the moment:
A man who was already on electronic monitoring for allegedly punching a suburban police officer is now detained after prosecutors said he tried to rob a CTA passenger in Lakeview while armed with a sledgehammer, then confidently told cops he would “get right back out.”
[...] Police body camera footage allegedly captured Widerman insisting he would quickly be released. “You’re arresting me for a misdemeanor. I’m going to get right back out. S*** is a misdemeanor. You’re arresting me for getting off the bus. What do I have on me? I don’t have s*** on me,” he allegedly stated.When a cop mentioned the hammer, Wideman allegedly replied, “What hammer? You’re lying dude. Anybody can have on the same clothes. I can beat the case.”
Wideman’s prediction of a quick release proved incorrect. Judge Ankur Srivastava detained him on a charge of attempted armed robbery, with prosecutors arguing he posed a public safety threat. The judge noted there were six witnesses in addition to the victim, according to court records.
Of course, this was the preliminary hearing. When he makes his next appearance, some other useless judge will probably release him....again. No felony charges, so he'll be out in a couple weeks.
Maybe his next victim will have a CCL - we can always hope.
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
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What’s wild is he was charged with Agg. Batt. To PO and damage to government property in the suburb. The worthless judge & ASA didn’t even push to hold him and claimed they, “Couldn’t due to the Safe-T Act.” Then he goes and tries robbing someone on a train. It’s amazing that every other county outside of Cook has no issue holding violent criminals, specially ones that commit person-on-person felonies. Yet the prosecutors and judges always have an excuse for everything here.
The judge at 38-2 has been detaining violent offenders after pre-lime. thank you for a job well done and not allowing these violent offenders back onto our streets.
Extremely surprising with what the Democrats want is to let the lawlessness continue because they favor criminals. Anyone who votes for a Democrat is in favor of criminal behavior.
WTF, some psycho is wandering around with a SLEDGHAMMER on the train??
Oops, my bad on the bus. Business as usual there.
And he will say. I TOLDA YOUSO MOTHERFUCKER!
Down here in southern Il - adjacent to the free states - we’re detaining people for much less than agg to a PO…I guess we’re lucky they’re mostly poor whites down here so Springfield doesn’t care. 🤷🏻♂️
Let's see how long this lasts.
Did the hammer have a serial number? Or was it another ghost hammer? Seems to be the preferred weapon on the CTA at this time.
vote every demonrat commiecrat that supported safety act out of office
Is he wrong.
Hopefully he'll get his hammer back in time to ride the CTA again, it's quite dangerous i hear.
Unless this guy, who thinks he is Thor, whacks someone IMPORTANT, he is correct. He will be RightBackOut. Maybe give him some cash to ride a real train in a non-Cook County area. Share our citizenry across this godforsaken state.
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