The father of the alleged Illinois Fourth of July parade shooter turned himself in Wednesday to begin a prison sentence for the massacre in 2022, and was reprimanded by a judge for wearing a shirt that read “I’m a Political Tax.”
Robert Crimo Jr. began a 60-day prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanor counts of reckless conduct last week for sponsoring his minor son Robert Crimo IlI’s gun application in 2019, even though the teenager had recently threatened to commit deadly violence.
The younger Crimo, now 22, faces charges of 21 counts of first-degree murder, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery after he allegedly killed seven people and injured 48 when he opened fire on a parade in Highland Park, Ill. with a high-powered rifle .
Crimo Jr. arrived at the Lake County courthouse in Waukegan wearing a white t-shirt emblazoned with “Lien Tax” on the front in black letters and “LAW, FACTS, REALITY” on the back, in violation of the court’s civility order for the case.
Robert E. Crimo Jr., arrived at the Lake County Courthouse, Wednesday wearing a t-shirt that violated a ban on any bystander from wearing or displaying messages that could affect the orderly administration of proceedings. AP AP Robert E. Crimo Jr., turned shirt -t in before facing Judge George D. Strickland on his way to jail Wednesday.AP
The bald, bespectacled, burly man flipped his shirt before entering court, but Judge George Strickland threatened to hold him in contempt of court if there were any further violations, his lawyer George Gomez said. Gomez said she did not know the meaning of her client’s eyebrow-raising outfit.
Strickland, on Nov. 6, sentenced Crimo Jr. to 60 days in jail, two years of probation and 100 hours of community service.
“Mr. Crimo has every constitutional right to remain silent. Now, he has spoken and instead of taking any responsibility, he has shown an extraordinary callousness,” Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said of the inmate’s fashion choices.
Robert Crimo III is accused of killing seven people and injuring 48 at the 2022 parade after his father signed his gun application.AP
“This callousness will follow him into prison and beyond; it will follow him everywhere.”
Crimo Jr., who once ran for mayor of the leafy little Chicago suburb depicted in movies like “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” and “Home Alone.” and lost to gun control Democrats, was also ordered to surrender his gun and ammunition license and banned for sponsoring another minor gun applicant.
He had signed off on his then-19-year-old son’s gun application even though a relative had recently filed a police report warning the teenager was threatening to “kill everybody.” Crimo III was then able to legally purchase five firearms before allegedly unleashing his indiscriminate wholesale slaughter.
“We’ve put a marker to other prosecutors, to other police in this country, to other parents, that they must be held accountable,” Rinehart said last week.
“He knows full well how dangerous it is for this 19-year-old to have a gun.”
Crimo III pleaded not guilty and is set to go on trial next month, although prosecutors said he confessed to the massacre while in custody after the massacre.
The suspect – an admirer of former President Donald Trump who releases music under the name Awake the Rapper, has questioned the Holocaust and called for the genocide of blacks and Asians online – also spent a few moments in late 2022 making prison prank calls. call to a New York Post reporter.
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