5-time felon jailed after cops allegedly see guns, duffel filled with drugs in his parked car

A five-time convicted felon faces new gun and narcotics expenses after Chicago police allegedly noticed a firearm and a duffel bag containing a major amount of medication in his parked automotive in North Middle.

Three years in the past, Taylor was arrested after allegedly being discovered bare in a stranger’s Lakeview residence with a gun and medicines in a backpack. Whereas he obtained a four-year sentence for that incident, he accomplished parole on March 3, lower than three years after being arrested.

Now, prosecutors have filed practically an identical expenses primarily based on new allegations.

On April 10, round 4:40 p.m., Chicago police noticed Taylor conducting a hand-to-hand transaction within the 4000 block of North Lincoln Avenue, in keeping with Assistant State’s Legal professional Paul Sloan. The cops noticed him go away the scene in a BMW registered to his dwelling deal with however displaying a West Virginia momentary tag.

A few week later, officers noticed Taylor drive the identical BMW to the identical location on Lincoln Avenue and abandon it, Sloan stated. Curious officers seemed by the automobile’s home windows and allegedly noticed a silver pistol on the again seat subsequent to a duffel bag. They obtained a search warrant, impounded the automotive, and executed the warrant.

Contained in the duffel bag, police discovered one other loaded firearm, Taylor’s pockets and ID, 44 grams of methamphetamine, practically eight grams of heroin, 10 doses of MDMA, and over 1½ gallons of GHB, a tranquilizer generally used as a celebration drug and often called a “date rape” drug, Sloan acknowledged.

Taylor later reclaimed his BMW from the town, however on Could 15, police noticed him driving it once more and took him into custody.

Throughout a current detention listening to, Taylor’s protection lawyer, Audrey Park, instructed Choose John Hock that Taylor works in development and lives along with his spouse and two youngsters. Park acknowledged that Taylor denies all allegations and is “working to show his life round.” Whereas Taylor has a big crown—a logo related to the Latin King road gang—tattooed on his brow, Park stated he denies being a part of the group.

Hock granted the state’s detention petition, ordering Taylor to stay in jail whereas awaiting trial.

The 2022 case resulted in jail time for methamphetamine supply and gun possession. His earlier felony convictions embody retail theft in 2019, being a felon with a firearm in 2015, unlawful gun possession in 2015, and forgery in 2019, in keeping with Sloan, who added Taylor additionally has 10 misdemeanor convictions.