A Venezuelan migrant was released from jail in Chicago after allegedly mugging an 80-year-old woman, a new report details.
According to CWB Chicago, 47-year-old Elio Redondo Ragas was arrested and charged with robbing an elderly woman in the Bridgeport neighborhood on August 2.
Police allege that Ragas was riding a bike early in the morning when he targeted the woman just a block from her home. The woman told police Ragas ran up to her, snatched her purse, grabbed her hat, and then took off on the bike.
Two good Samaritans, a 42-year-old man and a 43-year-old man, witnessed the robbery and ran after Ragas. They eventually caught and held him until police arrived. Ragas was arrested and charged.
Prosecutors did not request Ragas to be held in jail, and due to Chicago’s sanctuary city policy, it is unlikely officers can turn him over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman released Ragas from jail, even though he had previously failed to appear in court for a case from October last year, where he was accused of breaking into an elderly man’s home and stealing beer and food from his fridge. He failed to appear in court, leading prosecutors to drop the case.
