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On 11 Mar 2022, Lefty Lundquist <lefty_lundquist@ggmail.com> posted some news:t0flk6$k78$3@dont-email.me:

"Land Of Lincoln" = "Land Of Liberal Criminals"

One Illinois suspect accused of stealing a car and crashing it in a field
was released from police custody under the state's Pretrial Fairness Act

Two Illinois suspects accused of stealing a car before leading police on a chase were apprehended when two separate armed homeowners confronted the
men and held them at gunpoint until deputies arrived, a local sheriff’s
office says.

The Macon County Sheriff’s Office said that on Jan. 23, law enforcement arrested suspects James Snow, 34, and Tyler Crum, 33, after a wild police
chase that ended successfully with the help of two different armed
homeowners. Crum was released shortly following his arrest due to a new
and controversial Illinois law that ended cash bail, meaning judges do not require suspects charged with crimes to post bail in order to leave jail
while they await trial. The law does not apply to suspects who are likely
to pose a threat to the public.

The sheriff’s office said that just before 5:30 p.m. last Tuesday,
deputies responded to Casey’s General Store in Argenta over the report of
a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot. Deputies found the car was
previously reported stolen to the Decatur Police Department, and they confronted the two suspects in the car.

Crum, who was driving the vehicle according to his post-arrest comments to authorities, fled the officers, hitting the police vehicle with the stolen
car while trying to make a speedy exit, according to the sheriff’s office. Deputies attempted to pursue the suspects but lost sight of them.

WOULD-BE BURGLARS ARMED WITH 'BILLY CLUB' PICK THE WRONG FARMER TO TRY TO
ROB: 'I WILL SHOOT'

Other law enforcement agencies joined the search for the duo, including
the Maroa Police Department, which located the stolen car wrecked in a
farmer’s field. Crum and Snow were not in the car by the time police found
it, with the Oreana Police Department, Illinois State Police and the
Illinois Conservation Police joining the search for the men.

ILLINOIS ENDING CASH BAIL A ‘BACKDOOR’ DEFUND MOVEMENT THAT WILL SPARK
POLICE EXODUS: EXPERTS

That was when the two armed homeowners stepped in, the sheriff’s office explained. The men had taken off in an attempt to find refuge in a local
home.

"Deputies received a report that the males were outside a nearby residence seeking refuge but were met by the homeowner armed with a firearm. One of
the males was apprehended & taken into custody by law enforcement at this location," the sheriff’s office press release, which was provided to Fox
News Digital, states.

The second suspect fled the first home and met a similar fate. Another homeowner in the area also held him at gunpoint, earning praise from the sheriff’s office "for properly utilizing firearm training and assisting
Law Enforcement."

ILLINOIS CASH BAIL ELIMINATION BUILT ON ‘OVERDRAMATIZATION' PERPETUATED BY
CITY LEADERS: FORMER POLICE CHIEF

"The other male had fled to another nearby residence before being met by
that homeowner. The second suspect was intercepted by the homeowner armed
with a firearm. The vigilant homeowner effectively held the offender at gunpoint, promptly calling 911. This male was also apprehended & taken
into custody by law enforcement at the second location. We commend the homeowner for properly utilizing firearm training and assisting Law Enforcement," the sheriff’s office said.

A police report provided to Fox News Digital shows that Crum admitted to authorities that prior to the police chase and arrests, he and Snow had
done heroin in an Arby’s bathroom in Decatur, which is about 15 miles from Argenta.

OVER A DOZEN WOMEN FEND OFF VIOLENT EXES, CRIMINALS AS GUN OWNERSHIP SOARS

Crum told police that after the pair took heroin, they stole a black Chevy Malibu that was idling in the parking lot. They intended to drive to
Crum's hometown of Heyworth, according to the police report, but they got
lost along the way and pulled over into the general store’s parking lot
where the Macon Sheriff’s deputies first spotted them.

Crum said Snow, who was in the car’s passenger seat during the incident,
told him to "just go dude" when they first saw law enforcement vehicles, resulting in them slamming into a sheriff’s car before taking off and
crashing into the farm field.

COURT CLEARS WAY FOR ILLINOIS TO BECOME FIRST STATE TO ERADICATE CASH BAIL

Snow also told police he was the passenger of the vehicle during the
string of crimes, and that he had no memory of the car crashing in the
field or going to homes in the area seeking refuge, according to the
police report.

Crum was charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, aggravated
fleeing & eluding, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and resisting/obstructing a peace officer. He was released under Illinois’ controversial Pretrial Fairness Act, which is part of the SAFE-T Act, that eliminated cash bail. He was given a notice to appear for the charges.

Snow was charged with aggravated fleeing & eluding, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and resisting/obstructing a peace officer. He remains in
police custody due to an outstanding parole violation warrant.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/two-separate-armed-homeowners-step-into-to- help-nab-suspects-fleeing-cops-in-drug-fueled-chase

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