Man facing foreclosure brings gun to court, sheriff says
With bank attorneys set to petition for transfer of ownership, Pridgeon would have 30 days to get out of the home and relinquish control...
From: The Chicago Sun Times railroad engineer and Army veteran who was about to be evicted from his home brought a loaded handgun in his briefcase to a Monday foreclosure hearing, authorities said.
Thomas Pridgeon, 48, of the 7300 block of South Laflin, was given $100,000 bail Tuesday after he was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office said.
Pridgeon, an engineer with the Union Pacific Railroad, has faced the prospect of losing his home since 2009, when BNY Mellon filed a foreclosure action in Cook County Circuit Court. Monday’s hearing was to approve transfer of the property to a private lender in North Carolina, which had bid on it at a tax sale, officials said.
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