Another Useless Judge

Election Day fast approaching and the courts need to be cleared out:

• A woman told police a man touched her on a CTA bus, and police say they have now caught the man they were looking for. But a Cook County judge has refused to keep him in jail or place him on an ankle monitor, according to court records.

  Last month, Chicago police released a community alert including a CTA surveillance image, asking the public to help identify a man wanted in connection with an incident aboard a bus in the 1200 block of West Harrison Street around 4:40 p.m. on June 3. Police said the man pretended to sleep before touching a 31-year-old woman’s leg and then performing a lewd act.

  A CPD report went into more detail, saying the man exited the bus after touching the woman, looked back at her, placed his hand inside his pants and made a lewd motion.

  Prosecutors allege the man in the CTA image is Cesar Hernandez-Aleman, 29. His CPD arrest report says the victim identified him in a photo lineup, and police say they also used “electronic” identification techniques. He is charged with aggravated battery of a transit passenger and public indecency.

  Prosecutors filed a petition seeking to detain Hernandez-Aleman ahead of trial. But records show Judge Robert Kuzas declined to keep him in custody and did not place him on electronic monitoring either.

Gee, it's a good thing he wasn't lighting the woman on fire.

Or stabbing her in the neck. 

Though he might still find a chance. 

Vote "NO" on all judges.