Career Criminal Negro John Lacour that Evanston police opened fire on in abandoned house had BB gun

Citing criminal history of Career Criminal Negro John Lacour, judge raises bond

A judge at the Skokie courthouse on Tuesday raised to $250,000 the bond of a man charged with unlawful use of a weapon after Skokie police in December found him carrying pot and a loaded 9 mm pistol containing hollow point bullets.

A defense attorney for John Lacour, 27, of Evanston on Tuesday asked Cook County Judge Jeffrey Warnick at the Skokie courthouse to lower Lacour's bond from $150,000 to $90,000 so his client could be free as he awaits trial. In December Lacour was arrested during a traffic stop in Skokie after police found him with the gun, a small amount of pot and cough medicine containing codeine, authorities said.

Prosecutors on Tuesday said that in addition to the most recent charges Lacour has a long criminal record on various drug arrests and therefore is being charged as a "habitual criminal."

Instead of lowering Lacour's bond, Warnick increased it to $250,000 saying that Lacour's complete criminal history was not considered when his bond on the most recent charges was set in December.