Pritzker says felon was unlucky to land in his back yard

(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says electronic monitoring of a suspect on pretrial release did not work in the case of a 10-time convicted felon who was arrested in the governor’s back yard.

Dwayne Milton, 46, was on electronic monitoring for a retail theft case when state police detained him at Pritzker’s Chicago residence on July 4th.

CWB Chicago reported that Milton’s Cook County criminal court history includes more than 60 cases, including felony convictions for burglary, retail theft and robbery.

When asked by The Center Square on Wednesday if he might have second thoughts about pretrial release in Illinois, Pritzker said there’s a reason the process involves a judge.

“A judge is in the best position with a prosecutor there, with a defense attorney there to make the decision about whether that person is a danger to the community or whether they should be released,”...