Good morning, Chicago.
The last time Alphanso Talley came before Judge John Lyke, things seemed to be going well.
Talley was on electronic monitoring after being paroled in January from the Illinois Department of Corrections, where he’d been serving sentences for aggravated battery to a police officer and possession of a stolen vehicle. He also had a pair of cases pending for alleged carjacking and armed robbery, records show.
“Good morning, Mr. Talley,” Lyke said, according to a court transcript of a Feb. 19 hearing. “You’re looking good.”
The assistant state’s attorney on the case said there had been some “issues” with Talley violating the terms of his electronic monitoring, but as of Feb. 19, “it does seem that Mr. Talley has been starting to comply with curfew.”
That day in court, the prosecutors, defense attorney and judge agreed to modify the terms of Talley’s monitoring to allow for a dentist appointment. The assistant state’s attorney asked that Talley be warned that “if something happens, we will be bringing a motion.”
Lyke reminded Talley that he needed to follow the instructions of the pretrial monitoring officials, and keep in touch with his attorney. Then the judge sent him on his way: “All right, Mr. Talley, be well. Take care of yourself. Don’t get in no trouble.”
But a little more than two months later, as it turned out, Talley would be charged in the shooting of a pair of Chicago police officers, including one who was hit in the head and killed.
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Caroline Kubzansky and Sam Charles.
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