August 6, 2024 7:16 PM CWBChicago
Elio Redondo Ragas (Chicago Police Department)
CHICAGO — A Venezuelan migrant mugged an 80-year-old Bridgeport woman, only to get chased down and detained by two good Samaritans, officials said. But, even though he is charged with robbing a senior citizen, prosecutors didn’t ask a judge to keep him in custody.
A Chicago police report said the woman was in the 3000 block of South Wentworth, about a block from her home, when a man rode up to her on a bike around 8 a.m. Friday, August 2. She would later tell the police that the man got off his bike, wrestled away her purse, and stole the hat off the top of her head. Then he got back on the bike and pedaled away.x
But two suburban men saw the robbery go down, and they chased the assailant, according to the report. The men, ages 43 and 42, detained Elio Redondo Ragas in the 3700 block of South Dearborn and kept him there until cops arrived. Officers arrested Ragas after the victim confirmed that he was the robber, according to the report.
Prosecutors charged him with robbery of a victim older than 60. But they did not ask Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman to detain him pending trial. Court records show Glennon-Goodman sent him home after ordering him to stay away from the victim and witnesses and show up for court.
According to court records, Ragas failed to show up for court in another case filed against him last October.
Cops arrested Ragas in the 7100 block of North Ridge after a 65-year-old man reported that he broke two front windows of his home, entered the house, and stole food and beer, according to a CPD report.
The report said police did not seek felony charges because the victim told them he was “content” with misdemeanors. Ragas went home from the police station with instructions to show up for court on October 23. According to court files, he didn’t make it, but prosecutors dropped the entire case anyway, even though he wasn’t there.
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