Jun 12, 2009 7:21 pm US/Central
Teen Who Dressed As Cop Threatened Violence
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
A teenage boy who embarrassed the Chicago Police Department by impersonating an officer allegedly threatened to beat up a sheriff's officer Friday so he could escape from custody, the Sun-Times is reporting.
In two separate incidents, the 15-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to impersonating a Chicago Police officer and swiping a used Lexus from a South Side dealership after convincing the owner he was an adult with a job.
The boy, who appeared in Cook County Juvenile Court Friday, will be sentenced by Judge Andrew Berman on June 26, pending results of a court-ordered psychological evaluation.
But before Friday morning's hearing, a sheriff's officer told assistant state's attorney Jennifer Rutkowski that extra security was needed because the boy had threatened to escape and beat up an officer.
A juvenile center home attendant told an officer the boy said "he was going to injure an officer so he could escape," Sheriff's spokesman Steve Patterson said. No one was hurt and the boy went back into custody.
The boy pleaded guilty to impersonation of a police officer and possession of a stolen motor vehicle at a hearing on May 19, said Andy Conklin, a spokesman for the State's Attorney's office.
In January, the boy, then 14, made national headlines when he walked into the Grand Crossing District station dressed in a police uniform and announced he was assigned to traffic patrol there. He signed out a police radio and joined another officer in a patrol car for five hours, police and prosecutors said.
Then, while on probation for pulling that stunt, the boy was arrested again in May when he drove off with a $3,000 car at C&M Imperial Motors, 7221 S. Western. The teen, wearing a suit, told dealer owner Kamal Said he had a job downtown and was interested in buying a car with cash. He took the car after Said jumped it because it had trouble starting.
Berman had ordered the boy to be held in custody following the second caper.
Berman Friday told the boy's mother to make sure she assist with the psychological evaluation and attend his sentencing hearing. The mother had either "missed an appointment or had not been participating" with the judge's order, Conklin said.
"If you are not here, I may issue a warrant for your arrest," Berman told her.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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