Report says dozens of felons out on bond in Chicago are getting re-arrested

Stephen Sorace
Fox News
Tue, 21 Dec 2021 00:31 UTC

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot

As of Saturday, at least 60 were accused of murder, attempted murder or shoootings while out on bond.

Dozens of felons who were released on bond in Chicago have been re-arrested this year for violent crimes, according to a local report.

As of Saturday, at least 60 felons were accused of murder, attempted murder or shootings while awaiting trial for a previous felony, CWB Chicago reported, with the total number of victims from these crimes adding up to at least 92.

The latest felon was identified as Malik Perteet, 22, who appeared in bond court last week. Police said Perteet was arrested Wednesday after shooting a 17-year-old girl in the 12500 block of S. Lowe Avenue earlier this month.

Malik Perteet, 22, was arrested Wednesday after allegedly shooting a 17-year-old girl earlier this month, authorities said. (Getty Images)

Perteet allegedly tried to kill the girl during a marijuana sale on Dec. 5. At the time of the shooting, he was on bail and wearing an electronic monitoring device for a separate gun case and a separate drug case, the outlet reported.

During a shootout with another man in March, the station reported that Perteet was wounded, and an 11-year-old girl died from injuries she suffered after being struck by a bullet the other man fired.

Perteet was charged with felony gun possession and released on $7,500 bail and electronic monitoring, the outlet reported. When he was charged two months later with manufacture-delivery of narcotics, a violation of his bond, the report said that he was released without additional bail.

Perteet now faces charges of first-degree murder and aggravated battery by discharging a firearm in connection to the shooting of the 17-year-old.

Jail records show that Perteet was ordered held without bond following this latest incident.

Comment: Flash from Fox News: reality bites! Lightfoot has finally recognized she is losing control of Chicago and requests federal help:

In a news conference Monday, the Democrat mayor asked U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to send in agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for six months to ramp up the number of gun investigations and gun seizures, according to Fox32 Chicago. She also asked for more federal prosecutors to handle the criminal cases those agents will investigate, as well as federal marshals to assist local law enforcement with tracking down thousands of suspects wanted on warrants, the station added.

"We need these additional resources well in advance of summer," Lightfoot reportedly said.

The plea comes as the number of shooting victims in Chicago this year -- as of this past Sunday -- was at 4,270, compared to 3,930 in 2020, the Chicago Tribune reported, citing police statistics.

Homicides have risen to 783, up from the 749 recorded during the same time period in 2020, the newspaper also said.

"Keeping you safe is my priority — not one of, but the first and primary priority," the Tribune quoted Lightfoot as saying. "I wake every morning with this as my first concern and I push myself and all involved to step up and do more and better because we cannot continue to endure the level of violence that we are now experiencing."

Federal law enforcement resources have been involved with the crime situation in Chicago in recent years.

Last summer, Fox News reported that then-President Donald Trump was sending in 100 federal agents to Chicago as part of Operation Legend.

Then in September 2020, then-Attorney General William Barr said the number of homicides in Chicago plunged 50% after the Trump administration's actions.

But Lightfoot, while noting the city was "grateful for the additional federal charges and prosecutions," according to the Chicago Tribune, pushed back against Barr's claims, suggesting the violence had begun to subside before federal law enforcement had arrived.

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