Career criminal charged with assaulting and robbing pregnant woman while on city’s ‘electronic monitoring’

Devon Jones (Chicago Police Department)

A convicted repeat offender violating his pretrial release conditions was charged with attacking and robbing a pregnant woman in Chicago while subject to an often-criticized “electronic monitoring” program, CWB Chicago reported.

Devon Jones flouted his release conditions eight times prior to the incident after being arrested in August for an alleged disturbance inside a restaurant involving a taser, the outlet reported, citing court records. Cook...