A 19-year-old Chicago man accused of robbing two food delivery workers at gunpoint was already a wanted man at the time, court records show — he had disappeared from a pending gun case weeks before the first alleged robbery.
Treshon Redmond is facing two counts of armed robbery and one count of theft after CPD said he pointed guns at delivery drivers to take their food and cash, then walked away with an entire cash register from a taco restaurant.
According to court records, Redmond failed to appear at the Feb. 11 hearing in his gun case. During that hearing, a court official told Cook County Judge John Lyke that Redmond had not reported to their office once since Lyke released him from custody on Nov. 4 and ordered him to report monthly. Public court records do not show that the court official notified Lyke in December or January of Redmond’s failure to meet his obligations. Lyke signed a warrant for Redmond’s arrest during the February hearing
Three days later, prosecutors say, Redmond pulled a gun on a 52-year-old pizza delivery man in the 1500 block of South Sawyer and ordered him, “Give me the money and the pizza.” On March 5, he allegedly confronted a 53-year-old delivery man on the same block, taking $380 and seafood.
CPD, unaware that Redmond had allegedly committed robberies. arrested Redmond on March 12 during a domestic altercation, court records show. Sheriff’s deputies brought him back before Lyke on March 19, and Lyke released him with orders to report to the bailiff.
Then on April 29, prosecutors say he walked into Lucido’s Tacos at 4147 West 26th Street, grabbed the cash register and fled on foot. Again, he was not involved in that crime until recently.
But on May 5, prosecutors dropped the gun case and Redmond started his life over — only to have CPD detectives now link him to the robberies and the cash register theft. Judge Luciano Panici Jr. ordered him held on the new charges.
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