A Chicago man who avoided serving any prison time after pleading guilty to a felony gun case in March is now behind bars after prosecutors said he committed two residential burglaries while on parole— and while wearing an Illinois Department of Corrections ankle monitor.
Cortez Washington, 19, cut a sweet deal in March. He pleaded guilty to a felony gun case and a reduced misdemenaor charge in an auto theft case in exchange for an 18-month prison sentence that was satisfied entirely by 264 days he spent in the county jail. Prosecutors now say Washington squandered that opportunity in less than three months.
According to a detention filing, the first burglary occurred at 12:10 a.m. on June 3 in the 6000 block of West Waveland Avenue. The victims woke to find a man standing over them in their bedroom before he fled the home. After reviewing security camera footage, the couple found video of a masked man in their backyard and discovered that a safe had been stolen. The safe contained passports, identification cards, vehicle titles, and two Kimber handguns, prosecutors said. Also missing were a Cartier bracelet, a Van Cleef bracelet, and an Xbox gaming console…