A man who robbed a pizza delivery driver in Rogers Park while being wanted in a downstate murder investigation was sentenced to six years in prison, although he is set to be released in September.
Kyle Escoe, 21, was sentenced to six years in jail for armed robbery, four years for possessing a stolen motor vehicle in one case, and another four years for possessing a stolen vehicle in a second case. The stolen car cases were pending when the robbery took place. Earlier this year, he pled guilty to felony gun possession in the Macon County murder case and received a six-year sentence.
Authorities in Decatur, Illinois, a city of roughly 70,000 people east of Springfield, had been searching for Escoe since August 14, 2022, when a man was shot and died during a street gathering. Authorities assumed Escoe had fled to Chicago and confirmed his presence in late August 2022.
One week later, on September 1, 2022, Escoe and a juvenile accomplice robbed a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint in Rogers Park. According to authorities, the driver had just finished a delivery in the 1500 block of West Fargo when he observed a black Honda with Virginia plates stopped in front of his vehicle.
Escoe came from the driver’s seat with a gun, while the youngster exited the passenger seat, also armed. Both wore ski masks. From fewer than three feet away, the two leveled their rifles at the driver’s head. Escoe took approximately $150 in cash, and the juvenile snatched a gold necklace from the man’s neck before fleeing in the stolen Honda.
The victim managed to memorize the getaway car’s plate number, which police used to track the vehicle with the CPD’s license plate reader. The car had been stolen in Uptown earlier that week during a separate robbery spree, but Escoe was not charged in those robberies.
Law officers, assisted by a task group and helicopters from the CPD and federal agencies, discovered the automobile in Austin. Escoe was arrested after crashing his vehicle. Police recovered two weapons, ski masks, and around $253 in cash.
However, Escoe was not done attempting to flee, according to prosecutors. After his arrest, police transported him to Thorek Hospital for injuries sustained in the crash. At the hospital, an officer partially loosened one cuff so Escoe could sign paperwork—and Escoe fled. Following a brief foot chase, officers discovered him in the 4100 block of North Clarendon, still half cuffed.
Despite the several offenses, his time served and sentence credit will most certainly end in parole in a few weeks.
Cook County Judge Peggy Chiampas ruled that his local terms run concurrently with the downstate gun conviction.
Escoe is scheduled to be released on September 26th, thanks to Illinois’ usual 50% sentence reduction for good behavior and more than 1,000 days of credit earned in pretrial detention.
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