Rene Chandler, 34, had been missing from Cook County since April 2020 when he disappeared after posting a $500 bail when he was granted a COVID-19 release from Cook County Jail.
A Near South Side man who allegedly fled home confinement in 2020 while awaiting trial for several separate felony charges, including two separate sex assaults, was arrested earlier this week in Portland, according to Cook County sheriff’s officials.
Rene Chandler, 34, had been missing from Cook County since April 2020 when he disappeared after posting a $500 bail after a judge granted his release from jail as officials began releasing supposedly low-risk detainees as COVID-19 closures swept the country. This past April, near the third anniversary of his release, a grand jury indicted Chandler for felony escape charges.A U.S.
During this arrest, authorities recovered more than $19,000 cash, several driver’s licenses, and numerous stolen credit cards and Social Security cards that they said he used to elude capture for three years, authorities said. Chandler also has three active warrants out of Colorado for charges including theft and bribery, sheriff’s officials said.
While out on bail for the alleged assaults, Chandler allegedly robbed a third woman in April 2019 and was ordered held in custody for the new charge and violating terms of his bail bond. He remained in jail for about a year before his court request for a COVID release was granted in early April 2020.Weeks later, an arrest warrant was issued after, according to court records, Chandler was found to have cut off his electronic home monitoring bracelet and left his mother’s home.
It was unclear whether Chandler was expected to fight or accept extradition back to Illinois to face charges.
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