Judge Revokes Bail In 2025 Case For Alleged Chicago Cop Killer
On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, Cook County Judge John Lyke Jr. revoked Alphanso Talley's pretrial release in a 2025 armed robbery and carjacking case, sending him back to jail.[1]
Lyke had previously freed Talley to home electronic monitoring under Illinois' SAFE-T Act, which abolished cash bail, a move that drew controversy.[1] Authorities say Talley, a seven-time convicted felon, was off his monitor when he allegedly shot and killed Officer John Bartholomew and wounded another officer at a Chicago hospital on Saturday, April 25, 2026.[1] Police also say he had been arrested hours earlier in an alleged armed robbery at a Family Dollar, where he pistol-whipped a female employee.[1] He now faces first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated kidnapping and armed robbery charges in the hospital attack and is being held in custody on those counts.[1]
Talley's pretrial release came after his 2025 arrest on armed robbery and carjacking charges, a case that had been pending when the hospital shooting occurred.[1] The move reignited debate over the SAFE-T Act and judges' use of electronic monitoring amid criticism from police and victims' advocates.[1]
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- On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, Judge John Lyke Jr. revoked Alphanso Talley's pretrial release in a 2025 armed robbery and carjacking case.
- Lyke previously released Talley, a seven-time convicted felon, on electronic monitoring under Illinois' SAFE-T Act, which abolished cash bail.
- Authorities say Talley was off the monitoring grid when he allegedly shot and killed Officer John Bartholomew and wounded another officer at a Chicago hospital on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
- Talley had been arrested hours before the hospital shooting in an alleged armed robbery at a Family Dollar, where he is accused of pistol-whipping a female employee.
- He is currently charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated kidnapping and armed robbery in the April 25 hospital incident and is being held in custody in that case.
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