We complied with the only court order we received.' “Preliminarily, it appears that the only cases he was being held on were dismissed and the sheriff’s office was never notified of any additional charges that were brought,’’ Smith told the Chicago Tribune. He was ordered held without bail.īut the sheriff's office apparently didn't know about the new charges, only that the prior ones had been dismissed, said Cara Smith, policy chief for Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. In court Tuesday, his misdemeanor charges were dismissed but he received upgraded felony charges including making a terrorist threat, harassment through electronics, trespassing, stalking and false impersonation of a police officer, the state’s attorney’s office said.
He was charged with several misdemeanors, including harassment, assault and resisting police. Shane Sleeper, 31, was arrested in February after he was named in six separate cases of harassment, according to WMAQ-TV in Chicago. He allegedly threatened a Chicago gay bar by saying 'Orlando will come to Chicago,' apparently referring to the Pulse shooting that left 49 people dead in a gay club.
He remains at large as of Thursday afternoon. A Chicago man who allegedly threatened gay bars and alluded to the mass shooting at Orlando's Pulse nightclub was accidentally released from jail this week after an apparent communication breakdown between local agencies.