COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — An Englewood man carrying marijuana and an illegal gun asked Chicago Police officers for a ride home early Thursday, prosecutors said.
The officers were happy to oblige — as long as 18-year-old Christopher Burton agreed to a patdown, court records show. That's when police found a loaded gun with six live rounds and a bag of marijuana worth roughly $10.
"Either you were going to shoot the police or you're stupid," Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. said during Burton's bond hearing. "You're armed with an illegal gun, and you're going to ask the police for a ride home."
Burton made his request in the 6300 block of South Halsted Street shortly after midnight Thursday as the officers performed a routine check of the Green Line "L" station, according to an arrest report.
Burton told police he got the gun from a friend for protection, but wouldn't provide any more information, court records show. He does not have a valid firearm owner's identification card or concealed-carry license, police said.
Burton, of the 7300 block of South May Street, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and possession of cannabis.
Bourgeois on Friday set bail at $100,000.
