CHICAGO — Nearly five years after she was caught with a firearm near a freshly looted store in downtown Chicago during the George Floyd riots, a woman has been given a 366-day federal prison sentence. Amber Petzer, 32, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, bringing an end to the case that began when CPD officers arrested her in the South Loop on May 31, 2020.
Riots and looting were ripping the city apart, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot had implemented a 9 p.m. curfew as authorities tried to regain some semblance of control.
Officers patrolling downtown saw Peltzer standing outside a looted business near State and 16th Street around 12:35 a.m., officials said. Prosecutors said the cops thought she was trying to break into the store and alleged that she had “more than $5,000 worth of stolen jewelry with tags on it at the time of her arrest.” But her attorney disputed that, saying the jewelry was inside a car she had occupied, and there was no proof that it had been stolen…