Chicago Criminal Freed After Smashing Man’s Jaw in His 57th Arrest

A Democrat judge has released a Chicago man with 57 prior arrests after he pleaded guilty to using a metal bar to smash a man’s jaw in a sneak attack.

The suspect, Pierre Thorne, 32, was charged after a December 8, 2022, attack on a 53-year-old man in Chicago’s downtown Loop area. Thorne reportedly used a metal pipe to attack the man from behind, CWBChicago reported.

Court records say that Thorne attacked the man, whom he did not know, from behind, knocking him to the ground in a pool of his own blood with a shattered jaw. The victim was further injured when he fell to the concrete.

In addition to the shattered jaw, the victim lost several teeth, suffered multiple facial fractures, had damage