Federal prosecutors have charged a Pilsen guy with arson after he used to be stuck on digital camera surroundings hearth to a Chicago police automobile whilst dressed in a Joker masks.
Timothy O’Donnell is charged in an eight-page, photo-filled prison grievance. The feds tied him to the incident via a “PRETTY” tattoo noticed at the neck of the individual dressed in the masks. The feds say O’Donnell additionally admitted being the one that wore the Joker masks after his arrest Tuesday.
A video of the incident Saturday within the 200 block of North State used to be given to regulation enforcement via a witness, in step with the grievance. It allegedly presentations O’Donnell dressed in the Joker masks, protecting a lit object and hanging it within the fuel tank of the CPD automobile. Prosecutors stated the automobile burst into flames.
A person imagined to be Timothy O’Donnell reaches towards the fuel tank of a Chicago police automobile Saturday in Chicago. Federal court docket data
{A photograph} taken via a witness additionally presentations O’Donnell dealing with the fuel tank, the feds say. In any other photograph, the individual imagined to be O’Donnell seems to be sitting at the floor, towards a lamp put up, dressed in the Joker masks whilst the automobile burns.
The guy imagined to be Timothy O’Donnell after hearth used to be set to a Chicago Police automobile Saturday. Federal court docket data
A 3rd {photograph} presentations O’Donnell posing in entrance of the burning automotive. This time, a tattoo that claims “PRETTY” may also be noticed at the individual’s neck. Prosecutors say a CPD photograph of O’Donnell finds the similar tattoo.
Chicago police photograph of Timothy O’Donnell.Federal court docket data
A circle of relatives member of O’Donnell’s instructed regulation enforcement Monday he lives in a room in an condominium within the 700 block of 19th Place. Authorities bought a seek warrant Tuesday and searched the condominium. The feds say they recovered from a bed room a Joker masks very similar to the only within the pictures, and O’Donnell used to be arrested.
Prosecutors stated O’Donnell waived his Miranda rights and admitted he used to be the individual dressed in the Joker masks within the pictures.