CHICAGO — A judge has tossed a man in jail, calling him a threat to law enforcement after he allegedly confronted the prosecutor handling his domestic violence case with a belt in a courtroom elevator.
“You’re the b***h prosecutor,” Devin White allegedly said while holding his belt in his hand. “You want to go?”
He proceeded to follow the woman off the elevator at the 555 West Harrison courthouse until she jumped into a safe room and called for help, according to court filings. Even then, the 36-year-old White continued screaming at the woman.
Records show he was at the courthouse that day for a routine hearing in a case that accuses him of child endangerment. The incident allegedly happened on February 19, but White was only recently charged with felony counts of threatening a public official and intimidation.
Judge Luciano Panici, Jr. granted a state petition to keep White in jail on the new charges, saying he “made threats to the very person in control of his own criminal prosecution.”
Panici noted that White has a “substantial criminal history of a violent nature and clearly has no regard for authority or law enforcement” and presented a threat to prosecutors and the police.
CWBChicago reported on one of White’s previous encounters with the justice system, a robbery and kidnapping case from Lakeview, in July 2020.
