SOFT-ON-CRIME PROSECUTOR PROBLEM: Man tried to murder deputies in Champaign County, IL no stranger to violence, arrests

So cops in Champaign County, IL spot a suspicious gentleman minutes after a report of an armed robbery not far away. The guy fires multiple shots at the sheriff’s deputies, who return fire. Sadly, the deputies’ gunfire wasn’t quite as true as it could have been.

URBANA (Illinois Homepage / WCIA Channel 3) — About 1:15 am, Tuesday, deputies were in the area of Michelle and Toni lanes, immediately behind the Casey’s General Store. In the area of 64 Michelle Lane, deputies observed a male subject walking around a parked car with its trunk open.

While approaching the subject and directing him to speak with them, the subject produced a firearm and fired at least five shots at the deputies before fleeing northerly towards the entry ramps of I-74.

Deputies returned fire and pursued briefly before losing the fleeing subject. The suspect is described as a male, early 20’s, flat-top style haircut.

Thank you, WCIA, for the politically correct suspect description.

They caught the guy, according to police. He is 21-years-old, out about six weeks from prison on parole, with convictions for possession of multiple stolen firearms, possession of recreational pharmaceuticals.

But wait, there’s more. According to the News-Gazette, this turd has more convictions for residential burglary, robbery and unlawful use of weapons. Given those charges in Florida, he’d still be imprisoned for a close to twenty years, enjoying all of the fraternal intimate relations he could handle.

Photo via News-Gazette. — Here’s the turd police say tried to kill four cops after they saw him near the scene of an armed robbery. Kelvin Hartfield is 21-years-old, prowling the streets after a host of weapons and violent convictions that would have him in prison for as long as a couple of decades in Florida, but not Illinois. In Illinois, instead of record-low firearm violent crime rates, we have soft-on-crime Democrat States Attorneys.

But this is Illinois. Instead of putting bad guys in prison, we have soft on crime Democrat States Attorneys like the VERY soft on crime Julia Reitz in Champaign County.

URBANA (News-Gazette) — An Urbana man charged with shooting at Champaign County sheriff’s deputies early Tuesday morning remains jailed in lieu of $5 million bond.

A tip to Crime Stoppers played a role in the arrest of Kelvin Hartfield, according to Chief Deputy Allen Jones of the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office.

…Court records show that Brown has prior convictions for residential burglary, robbery and unlawful use of weapons by a felon.

Mrs. Reitz, pictured above, is up for election in November in Champaign County, Illinois.

We’d urge voters in Champaign County to ask themselves if they like violent criminal predators like Kelvin Hartfield prowling the streets, trying to kill our police officers thanks to soft-on-crime prosecutor Julia Reitz… or if they would like to give her opponent George Vargas a shot at running the State’s Attorney’s office.

We can’t endorse candidates, but we can inform voters.

Julia Reitz: A proven record of soft-on-crime prosecution (or complete lack of prosecution).

George Vargas: A guy who understands what keeps our streets safe.