Here’s what happened:
Back on the Fourth of July, 28-year-old Regina Whitaker was arrested and charged with selling crack cocaine to an undercover cop on the West Side. Judge Stephanie Miller released Whitaker on a recognizance bond, electronic monitoring, and a curfew of 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
Then, around 9:30 p.m. on July 13, police stopped a vehicle on the West Side for having an apparently altered temporary license plate. Officers approached the car. Regina Whitaker was in the driver’s seat with her home monitoring device (the part that is supposed to be, you know, at home) sitting on the passenger seat, plugged into the car outlet, according to a police department spokesperson.
She was arrested and subsequently charged with escape and having a false, stolen, or altered temporary permit.
When Whitaker appeared before Judge Mary Marubio on the escape charged last Saturday, the court’s Pretrial Services Division was prepared with a recommended bail: electronic monitoring. Again.
Marubio seemed to give that a brief consideration before ordering Whitaker held without bail.
