Stop and friskOn dutyFalse arrest or reportGunWeapons chargesOther charges filed
Plaintiff:
Rashon M. Pike
Incident date:
12/29/2010
Location:
141 W. 63rd St.
Allegations:
Pike left a friend's house and was walking toward a CTA Red Line station. Officers Wright, Vaughan and Carmona were touring the area in a police car after being notified of a robbery in the Englewood neighborhood. The officers drove past Pike, then reappeared in front of him and told him to stop. One of the officers got out of the car and pointed his gun at Pike, ordering Pike to “Get on the hood of the car.” Pike obeyed, and the officers handcuffed and searched him. Although they didn't find any illegal items, the officers drove Pike to a nearby alley and tried to match a boot print on the ground to Pike's foot. After failing to match the print, the officers drove Pike to the site of the robbery. The officers asked the couple who had been robbed to identify Pike. Although the man told the officers Pike was not one of the robbers, the man's wife, who was never face-to-face with the robbers, identified Pike as one of the robbers. Based on this statement, Pike remained in custody and was charged with armed robbery with a firearm, attempted residential burglary, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and armed habitual criminal and aggravated unlawful restraint. Detective Foster arrived to investigate the robbery. Though two guns were recovered nearby, no fingerprint analysis was done on the weapons. There was also no fingerprint analysis on the entry door of the home, and a DNA test conducted on the recovered weapons produced inconclusive results. Pike was arrested, tried and convicted of armed robbery and attempted residential burglary. He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 35 and 20 years, respectively.