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Jason Austin (pictured left), 26, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of robbery in the last week's shooting of Chicago Police Officer Robert Soto and Kathryn Romberg. Prosecutors have not said whether or not they will seek the death penalty if Austin is convicted. Cook County Criminal Court Judge Laura Sullivan denied bail for Austin, who has five previous convictions, including one for aggravated battery that was originally an attempted murder charge.
Officer Soto was able to call 911 after the shooting and provide details of the robbery before losing consciousness. Multiple witnesses claimed hearing gun shots and identified Austin as the driver of a car fleeing the scene. Video surveillance also shows Austin's car in the area around the time of the shooting and Austin allegedly bragged about the robbery to a friend. Austin's attorney Steven Decker claims the Austin's car was in a repair shop that night.
Austin's family and Decker maintain Austin's innocence. Said Decker:
"We definitely know that they have the wrong car...We believe this was an opportunity for the police because of the intense, personal nature of their investigation which they did in this matter, to use this as an opportunity to rustle up as many young men as they could from the West Side of Chicago in the hopes of finding someone they could charge."This sentiment was echoed by neighborhood resident Charmaine Walker who told CBS 2, "They're coming into people's homes without a search warrant -- searching our homes looking for people, it's not right."
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This is the classic Chicago "heater" case. The cops desperately needed an arrest.
So they found a mope to hang it on.
This reeks of a frame-up.
Why didn't they play the 911 tape for us?
Since news reports have said that Kathryn Romberg had previously dated another cop & Officer Soto was also still married.
There's two suspects right there.
Uh-oh. The cop bashers are at it again.
To the above commenter, do you think that the cops--the ones who heard Robert Soto describe the robbery AND describe the attacker AND describe the attacker's car--are all in on a conspiracy?
I am not saying that they have the right guy. But the theory that this was something other than a robbery seems pretty thin right now.
"Reeks of a frame-up?" You have some kind of evidence or inside info regarding this case that you'd like to share with the rest of us, Scooter? I'd certainly like to hear it. Until then I have no problem believing that this was anything other than a robbery gone wrong.
If only the mugshot was a little bit wider you could see the nipple clip electrodes, right Scooter.
While I agree with you, Scooter, that it appears like the cop who was killed had some of Jimmy McNulty's tom catting ways. I doesn't look to me like his personal failings were connected to his murder.
Why is a cop getting killed always front page news for days? They're more important than the rest of us, I take it?
Because it might have been a cop that looks a bit like the arrested guy, made it look like a robbery & used a stolen car, that's why.
And I haven't foggiest idea of who Jimmy McNulty is or was.
Scooter, Jimmy McNulty was a cop in The Wire, check out the show.
This is all I have on this topic, but needless to say I'm waiting to see how it turns out.
p.s I can't wait to the final season is on DVD so I can finally see how it all ends
It is too bad. The suspect seemed to have such a bright future ahead of him. As I remember, he was in classes with me at Harvard, and was on the rowing team with me as well. We lost touch after we joined separate investment banks.
Hey, just because the suspect is a shit doesn't mean that he deserves to be set up on a cop-killing charge.
I'm going to wait and see how this pans out.
What a strange presumption by Scooter and Kaonashi. A man is arrested. He is, as Kaonashi says, a "shit." He has not yet gone to trial. However, the presumption is not just that he is innocent (which is how a jury must look at it), but of affirmative conspiratorial guilt by the police (and others).
Even understanding that there is a history of people being railroaded in Chicago (and Illinois), in any individual instance why would you assume that there is a conspiracy?
P.S. If Spook is not on your bandwagon, you are probably pretty out there.
The final season of "The Wire" is out on DVD. I just finished it last night. Very good. Sad to see it go.
As for suggesting the cops "framed" this guy or that fellow cops did it........you are watching too much TV. Take off the tinfoil from your head and penis and let the radio waves in.
Now suggesting the cops may have made a mistake on a high profile case is more reasonable. I always give more scrutiny to high profile cases. Killings involving toddlers in the suburbs always come to mind.