A man who sued the city of Chicago within 40 hours after being apprehended by CPD officers who reportedly retrieved a weapon from his waistline has now pled guilty to carrying the firearm. Social media garnered local attention and captured the arrest on film.
Lorenzo Williams, 33, pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm with a prior conviction and received a three-year sentence from Judge Shelley Sutker-Dermer, according to court documents. He is set to be released in January, having served half of his term.
On July 30, last year, Williams was “seen on [police surveillance] video with a handgun in his front waistband.” When authorities sought to hold him, he fled, struggled, and attempted to seize his revolver, endangering both the officers’ and the defendant’s lives, according to prosecutors in a detention petition…