BOND PROFFER DEF. JORDAN HILL Robbery?Class 2 18. years old P-SMV Class E. 2 Agg Kidnapping/Ransom Class Agg' Kidnapping/Armed Class Agg Unlawful Restraint ?Class 3 Agg Batt/DW Class 3 Hate Crime Class 4. DEF. TESFAYE COOPER Agg Kidnapping/Ransom Class 18 years old Agg Kidnapping/Armed - Class Agg Unlawful Restraint Class 3 Agg Batt/DW Class 3 Hate Crime Class 4 Res Burg - Class 1 DEF TANISHIA COVINGTON 24 years old Agg Kidnapping/Ransom Class Agg Kidnapping/Armed Class Agg Unlawful Restraint Class Agg Batt/DW Class 3 Hate Crime Class 4 Res Burg Class 1 DEF BRITTANY COVINGTON 18 years old Agg Kidnapping/Ra nsom ?Class Agg? Kidnapping/Armed -. Class Agg Unlawful Restraint Class 3 Agg Batt/DW Class 3 Hate Crime Class 4 Res Burg Class 1 VICTIM 18 years old Victim is 18 years old and suffers from Schizophrenia and ADD. He lives with his parents in .Streamwood. On 12/31/16, V?s mother dropped him off at a McDonald?s in Streamwood so he could meet a friend. Later in the day on 12/31/16, victim contacted his mother and requested to spend the night at a friend?s. Victim made the same request on 1/1/17. On 1/2/17, communication from the victim stopped. Some time on 1/2/17_, victim?s brother was able to get on Facebook and was able to determine which friend the victim was with - that being defendant Jordan Hill (the 2 knew one another having previously been at the same alternative high school). Wc'tim?s mother reached out to Def Hill through Facebook and requested that?she be allowed contact with her son and wanted the victim to return home. After leaving the Streamwood McDonald?s on 12/31/16, def Hill, victim and a third unidentified individual went to buy and smoke cannabis. Def Hill stole a van in Streamwood. Victim entered the van with Def Hill and they picked up another unidentified individual (Individual Bland drove to an unknown location in Chicago. Def Hill and the unidenti?ed individual. left the victim in the van for what the victim believed to be approximately 2 hours. During that time, the victim's mother was contacting Def Hill about her son?s whereabouts. Def Hill returned to the van and was angry that victim?s mother was contacting him. Def Hill ordered the victim to the back of the van where he began to beat the victim using his fists and took the victim's cell phone and SIM card. They then went to 3345 W. Lexington #3 in Chicago where the remainder of the incident occurred. Def Hill and the victim entered the ii"d floor apartment where they were med by Def Cooper and Def Brittany Covington and Def Tanishia Covington. Shortly after being in the apartment, Def Hill started to harass and slap the victim. Defs Hill and Cooper ordered the victim into a corner and to face the wall. Defs Hill and Cooper yelled and screamed at the victim while def Hill was armed with a knife. The victim was made to say ?i love black people,? ?Fuck Trump? and they made the victim kiss the floor. On 1/3/17, def Brittany Covington began recording the incident and posting it live on Facebook. All four defendants can be see-n in the video recordings. Defs Hill and Cooper go through the victim?s pockets but don?t remove anything. Defs Hill and Cooper order the victim into the bathroom and force the victim to drink water from the toilet while they are punching him in the back of and head and ordering him to say ?Fuck Trump.? Defs Brittany and Tanishia Covington continue to yell and mock the victim. The victim is then tied up and gagged. A sock is placed in the victim?s mouth and then his mouth is taped shut. The victim is forced back in to a corner. One of the male defendants in the background can be heard yelling ?Fuck Donald Trump? and ?Fuck white people?. Def Hill uses a knife to cut a chunk of the victim?s hair causing a laceration to the victim's head. Def Hill also stabs the victim in the left forearm. The victim?s clothing is also cut. During the course of the assault, the 2 female defendants slap the victim in his face and about his body. Video recordings ofthe incident show among other things: the victim sitting in the corner with duct tape across his mouth and belts tied around his hands and neck. The 2 males use knives to cut the victim?s sweatshirt while a female is laughing. Heard on the video are voices saying '"Fuck Trump,? and "Fuck white people." A male is seen cutting the victim?s hair with a knife and the victim?s head is cut with blood coming from the wound. A female punches the victim and is laughing. A male foot is on the victim?s head. A male pulls the chord around the victim?s neck and holds him up while the victim is groaning in pain. A male voice is heard. saying don"t give a fuck if he?s schizophrenic.? A male shoves the victim?s face into a toilet bowl and the victim is told to drink toilet water. Victim is punched in the head. The victim is screaming "no? in fear when a male walks over to him with a knife and states "Should i shank his ass?? Also heard on the video multiple times is a male voice threatening to kill the victim. During the course of the attack, Def Hill communicates with the victim?s mother and demands $3.00 ransom in exchange for getting her son back. Neighbors on the second floor of 3345 W. Lexington heard the sounds of the attack coming from the 3?d floor apartment. They heard banging, yelling, and stomping sounds along with laughing. in the morning on 1/3/17, one of the 2"d floor witnesses wen-t upstairs and requested the defendants to keep the noise down. Later the same day, at approx, 5:00pm, the witnesses from the 2nd floor went back to the floor to again ask that they keep the noise down since they continued to hear stomping and banging noises. There was a confrontation between the witnesses from the 2nd floor and the defendants. All 4 of the defendants were 'seen on the third floor ofthe Lexington building by the 2"d floor witnesses. The witnesses from the 2"d floor have also identified all 4 of the defendants from the 3rd floor as the same people they observed in the Facebook live video ofthe incident. The witnesses from the second floor were previously familiar with the female defendants due to-them staying at the location. Both of the female defs and def Cooper chased the witnesses back down into their floor apartment after def Hill threated he was going to come back with a gun while running out the front door of the building. The male (Def Cooper) kicked in the door of the 2"d floor unit and he and the 2 females entered the 2nd floor apartment while the witnesses ran out their back door and went to the 1St floor neighbors to call 911. The witnesses heard the sounds ofthe- defendants? voices prior to the door being kicked in. From below, they could hear the defendants running back and forth inside the 2m floor apartment and then heard them run out the back steps where they encountered responding police officers. During this time the victim was able to ?ee-the 3rd floor apartment and went outside; where he was seen by the 2'?j floor witnesses. They noticed that the victim?s clothes were cut, he had visible injuries and was wearing sandals. Police arrived on the scene. The victim is located on the street and has visible injuries. The victim was treated and released from an-area hosoital for his cuts and lacerations to his head, face and body as well as stab wound to his left arm; he also suffered bruises and lacerations to his back