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Talley was once again securely behind bars. But not for long. On December 11, less than six months after the carjacking and robbery charges were filed and with the stolen motor vehicle and battery of a correctional officer cases still pending, Lyke agreed to release Talley on electronic monitoring again, court records show.
A month later, Talley pleaded guilty to the stolen vehicle and battery charges, receiving concurrent sentences of four- and three years from Lyke. But, with the state’s standard 50% sentence reduction and credit for time spent wearing an ankle monitor and in jail, Talley entered and exited Illinois Department of Corrections custody within a few hours on January 9 and then went home on electronic monitoring again, records show. Now still facing armed carjacking and armed robbery charges, Talley asked Lyke to let him leave the house for hours at a time to attend class at Truman College in Uptown, court records show. On January 11, Lyke agreed, giving Talley the OK to be on the streets between five and 11 hours each day, Monday through Thursday. On January 28, Lyke expanded that window to allow movement for between seven and 16½ hours per day so Talley could go to school at Truman.
On February 10, prosecutors filed a petition to violate his pretrial release, though the reasons for that request are not clear. But a substitute judge was sitting in for Lyke that day and she continued the matter for a future date.
And then, on March 11, Talley did not show up for court. During that March 11 hearing, an officer from the court’s Pretrial Services Division, the office responsible for running the county’s electronic monitoring programs, told Lyke they received an alert that Talley left home without permission at 1:39 p.m. on Sunday, March 8, and did not return until 7 a.m. on Monday, March 9. Talley did not have permission to be outside of his home at all during those hours under Lyke’s orders, according to court records.
Some 44 minutes after Talley returned home on March 9, his monitoring device died because he had not charged it, the court officer reported. “The individual’s whereabouts are unknown,” the report stated. Lyke signed an arrest warrant. But the timeline raises questions. The pretrial services office did not notify Lyke until March 11, more than 48 hours after the man’s bracelet went dead, according to court filings.
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