Bond set for man charged in Guaranteed Rate Field hit-and-run, son of victim describes crash
The suspect will have to post $20,000 of his bond in order to be released on electronic monitoring
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A judge set bond at $200,000 for a 20-year-old man charged in a hit-and-run outside of Guaranteed Rate Field before a White Sox game Tuesday night.
Condelarious Garcia has been charged with four felony counts of aggravated reckless driving and one misdemeanor count of driving with a suspended license along with several other citations.
Prosecutors said Garcia drove at high speeds near 35th and Shields as a crossing guard instructed the injured four fans, along with others, to walk across the street. Prosecutors also said Garcia ignored demands from others inside his vehicle to stop for the pedestrians, leading to two of the victims being flipped in the air from the impact.
Jerome Janczy's father, Charles from Evanston, is one of the victims.
"Obviously, he needs to be charged," he said. I mean I don't know if this was intentional. If it was intentional or not, it's completely unacceptable."
Charles was tossed into the vehicle's sunroof, clinging on as it sped off onto the Dan Ryan Expressway where state troopers ultimately stopped it.
"He says he didn't even see the car coming and then it hit," Jerome Janczy said. "Before he knew it, he was face down into the perpetrator's vehicle. And within a few minutes he's in a car chase on the Dan Ryan. I mean it sounds like a movie but it was real.
He said his father loves the White Sox and running. He has broken bones all over his body, but he is expected to recover.
"Obviously, it could have been a lot worse," Jerome Janczy said. "I understand that the other victims, who didn't fly through the sunroof, are actually in worse condition."
Three other people were hit, two of them critical.
Eleventh Ward Alderwoman Nicole Lee said she was told the White Sox surveillance video shows the driver speeding through a crowd of fans, hopping up onto the curb to get around three vehicles.
Meanwhile, Janczy said the road to recovery for his father will be long.
"He's a runner and I'm just concerned that this could potentially disable him from doing what he loves," he said.
Garcia will have to post $20,000 of his bond in order to be released on electronic monitoring. His next court appearance is set for June 30.
