Gym Lockers are NOT Secure

So much to unwrap here:

• A 13-time convicted felon allegedly burglarized an off-duty Chicago police officer’s gym locker, used the cop’s stolen credit card to buy a $1,403 phone and then claimed to be the cop when officers stopped him nearby — all while wearing an ankle monitor.

.....speechless here.

• Lamont Cathey, whose repeated ingestion of metal and other objects inside correctional facilities has reportedly cost taxpayers at least $2 million in medical care, is now back in a very familiar place: the Cook County Jail. He faces charges in the South Loop burglary and a separate case involving a Range Rover stolen from a fitness center parking lot.

Following one of his metal-eating incidents, he was confined to Loyola Hospital FOR THREE MONTHS under armed guard, handcuffed to a hospital gurney.

Why? Because Cook County Jail REFUSED TO ACCEPT HIM AS A PRISONER, mostly because he was slowly eating the jail, piece-by-piece. Loyola had to sue Cook County to transfer him to Stroger.

Oh, and if you're going to the gym, either don't take your gun and credentials or maybe think about using one of the newer District facilities where there's at least some semblance of security.