CHICAGO — A Venezuelan migrant is going through armed theft prices after he allegedly robbed a Streeterville lady at gunpoint simply three days after being launched from digital monitoring in a special case.
Decide Deidre Dyer ordered Edmonds Peraza Cortez, 25, detained as a security threat whereas he awaits trial on a cost of armed theft.
A 41-year-old lady advised police that she was exterior her constructing within the 400 block of East Illinois when Cortez pulled his Divvy bike in entrance of her and displayed a gun.
The girl stated she heard the gun click on as Cortez demanded, “Cash! Cash!”
As an alternative of taking cash, Cortez made off with the lady’s iPhone, Lululemon bag, and electrical scooter, based on a Chicago police report. Prosecutors stated the holdup was caught on video.
Shortly after the theft, police pinged the lady’s telephone to the 600 block of West Hubbard, the report stated. Once they arrived there, Cortez noticed them and instantly dipped into a close-by tent, based on the report.
The officers arrested him after the sufferer recognized him because the robber.
Court docket information present Cortez has generated 5 different prison instances prior to now yr. He’s at the moment awaiting trial on a cost of reckless conduct and possessing a duplicate firearm. Prosecutors stated he was simply taken off digital monitoring on April 8 after the state dropped a narcotics case towards him.
Prosecutors additionally dropped all the different instances he has confronted: two retail thefts and one other narcotics cost.
