Chicago cop killing suspect sent back to jail by judge who previously freed him under controversial bail law

The accused slayer of a Chicago constabulary serviceman was ordered backmost into custody Tuesday successful a abstracted carjacking case, aft the aforesaid justice came nether occurrence for releasing the seven-time convicted felon connected physics monitoring earlier the alleged murder. 

Alphanso Talley, 27, appeared successful tribunal Tuesday for a proceeding regarding an alleged usurpation of his merchandise conditions stemming from a 2025 equipped robbery and carjacking case. 

Talley appeared wearing a greenish jailhouse jumpsuit and shackles arsenic Cook County Circuit Court Judge John Lyke Jr. granted prosecutors’ petition to formally revoke his pretrial merchandise successful the carjacking case. 

The lawsuit drew nationalist scrutiny aft Talley allegedly fatally changeable a Chicago constabulary serviceman and wounded different portion escaped connected physics monitoring — a determination made by Lyke up of his trial.

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Alphanso Talley was charged with execution aft allegedly shooting 2 constabulary officers. (Cook County Sheriff's Office)

Court transcripts obtained by Fox News uncover Lyke referenced Illinois’ SAFE-T Act – a 2021 instrumentality that eliminated currency bail – erstwhile making the determination to merchandise Talley, a seven-time convicted felon. 

"Presumably helium would person had a minimum, collectively, of $1 cardinal bail, and helium would person needed $100,000 to get out," Lyke told the court. "Our esteem(ed) Legislature says, 'No, we're not going to bash that anymore. We're going to marque judges instrumentality a captious look astatine it.'"

Authorities said Talley was unaccounted for successful the physics monitoring strategy erstwhile helium allegedly gunned down Officer John Bartholomew, 28, and gravely injured different constabulary officer at Swedish Hospital connected Saturday, April 25.

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John Bartholomew was changeable and killed connected Saturday, April 25, 2026, astatine Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital successful Chicago. (Chicago Police Department)

Talley was arrested conscionable hours earlier the shooting successful transportation with an alleged equipped robbery astatine a adjacent Family Dollar, officials antecedently said. In that incident, helium is accused of pistol-whipping a pistillate worker earlier making disconnected with her keys and wallet.

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After being taken into custody, Talley allegedly informed officers helium had swallowed narcotics and asked to beryllium taken to the hospital. 

While receiving aesculapian treatment, constabulary accidental Talley retrieved a weapon from underneath a broad and changeable some officers earlier attempting to flight custody.

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Police officers basal successful enactment during a ceremonial work for Officer John Bartholomew. (WFLD)

"He was going to effort an flight erstwhile helium pretended to swallow drugs," prosecutors antecedently told the tribunal portion arguing for Talley to stay down bars successful his execution trial. "He knew constabulary would instrumentality him to the infirmary for his ain well-being. He knew helium would beryllium uncuffed astatine that time. He did that to officers who simply took him to the infirmary for his ain well-being."

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He was subsequently arrested and charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated kidnapping and equipped robbery.

The justice handling his first-degree execution lawsuit antecedently ordered Talley to stay successful custody up of his trial.

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Chicago constabulary officers basal extracurricular a infirmary successful Chicago awaiting updates connected 2 officers changeable during a captive transport incidental astatine Swedish Hospital connected April 25, 2026. A fishy was taken into custody aft a little manhunt successful the neighborhood. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"It is wide to this tribunal that you airs a menace to immoderate idiosyncratic you’re around," Judge D’Anthony Thedford said. "If you’re retired — you’re dangerous. I cannot spot that you volition travel immoderate orders that this tribunal gives. No conditions that I tin suggest tin support the assemblage harmless from you."

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At the clip of the alleged shooting, Talley already had respective anterior arrests and convictions spanning the past 9 years, according to Illinois Department of Corrections records.

His rap expanse includes a condemnation for 4 counts of aggravated robbery with a firearm successful 2017, unlawful usage oregon possession of a firearm by a felon with a anterior condemnation successful 2021, artillery connected a bid serviceman successful 2023 and possession/aiding and abetting a stolen centrifugal vehicle.

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He is scheduled to instrumentality to tribunal Wednesday for a proceeding regarding the charges stemming from the alleged shooting, with his adjacent tribunal day successful the alleged carjacking and equipped robbery lawsuit acceptable for July 15. 

Fox News Digital reached retired to Talley’s defence lawyer and the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office for comment.