Democrat-run Chicago’s career criminal Terry Strother told police “I stoned his ass!” after he hit a 77-year-old tourist with a brick. ⠀ Strother, 50, was on pretrial release in two cases when he attacked the retired New Hampshire teacher near State and Erie on September 2. Judge Robert Kuzas had denied a revocation request days earlier and let him leave without restrictions or electronic monitoring. ⠀ His final 2025 arrest came in the 700 block of North State Street. He threw warm coffee into the face of a 31-year-old woman and later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery. ⠀ Three days later he threatened to k*ll a River North parking garage employee who asked him to leave. He pleaded guilty in August and received a 30-day sentence that ran concurrent with another River North hotel case. ⠀ On August 15 he was arrested for shoplifting $171 in clothing, jewelry, and alcohol from a West Loop Target. Released four days later, he failed to appear and a judge issued a warrant. ⠀ On August 23 police arrested him again after a woman recognized him from a July porch incident. While free on the coffee case he allegedly stole a package and performed a s*x act on himself. ⠀ Judge Sharon Kanter later ordered him detained on three counts of aggravated battery. She cited six violent misdemeanor convictions since 2024, five felony convictions, and the fact that he was already on pretrial release. ⠀ Strother was arrested nine times in 2025 and eight times so far in 2026. Kuzas is on the November retention ballot while Cook County’s SAFE-T Act system keeps cycling the same offenders back onto the street. ⠀ #Chicago #CookCounty