Prosecutors report that a sex offender, who was non-compliant with registration requirements and had two active warrants, is now facing accusations of attempting to murder a Chicago Police Officer. During his arrest, he allegedly boasted about recently being released from prison for assaulting other police officers.
Menard Allison, 34, was ordered to be held in custody on Tuesday. He faces charges of attempted first-degree murder of a peace officer and multiple other felonies related to a serious incident on Saturday night near 67th and Halsted streets.
According to prosecutors, around 8 p.m., two uniformed officers in a marked squad car observed Allison riding a scooter recklessly. He was seen cutting through parking lots, ignoring traffic signals, and not yielding to traffic. The officers followed him as he drove onto a sidewalk and collided with a pole.
The officers approached to check on Allison, who was wearing a ski mask. One officer noticed a heavy bulge in Allison’s right jacket pocket and inquired about it. Allison pulled out a phone from his left pocket, and when asked again about the right pocket, he fled.
He fled into the Kennedy King College parking lot, where another uniformed officer happened to be patrolling. This officer, seeing Allison being pursued, witnessed him allegedly aiming a handgun at the officer’s vehicle and firing multiple shots. The in-car camera captured muzzle flashes, a blue laser beam directed at the squad car, and a bullet hitting the pavement, prosecutors said. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.
Allison was apprehended shortly afterward. A search revealed nine packages of suspected cocaine on him. Evidence technicians found a black mask in the area where he was detained and recovered a loaded 9mm semiautomatic handgun with a blue laser sight and a 16-round magazine from a nearby yard. Three 9mm shell casings were found at the scene of the shooting, and ballistics tests matched them to the recovered weapon, according to prosecutors. A gunshot residue test on Allison’s right hand returned positive results within an hour of the incident.
While being processed at the police station, Allison allegedly threatened to punch an officer and urged them to check his record, claiming it would show his recent release for assaulting police officers.
Prosecutors disclosed that in 2021, Allison was sentenced to four years in prison for unlawful use of a weapon after being captured on surveillance video crashing into vehicles and firing at passing cars. He also received a consecutive three-year sentence for aggravated battery of a peace officer during an incident where he attacked officers while on bond and probation.
His criminal history includes convictions dating back to 2012 for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, failure to register as a sex offender, and a 2015 case of aggravated fleeing and eluding where he evaded police, ignored stop signs, and crashed into a barrier on the Dan Ryan Expressway.
Allison’s requirement to register stems from a 2006 adjudication for aggravated criminal sexual abuse when he was sentenced to the Youth Department of Corrections. Prosecutors stated he was non-compliant with registration at the time of the latest incident.
At the time of his arrest, Allison also faced two active warrants for failing to appear on misdemeanor charges in Sangamon County.
He is facing charges of attempted first-degree murder of a peace officer, aggravated discharge of a firearm at a peace officer, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a controlled substance, and failure to register as a sex offender. A judge ordered his detention pending trial on Tuesday, although the judge’s name was not available due to a technical issue with the court clerk’s database.
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