A man was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to hitting two Chicago police officers with his car during a traffic stop in 2021 and dragging one of them into a concrete barrier.
Jermaine Little, 40, pled guilty to one count of attempted murder on Tuesday, according to Cook County court records. He was sentenced to twelve years in prison.
Police said they were performing a traffic stop on Little near 63rd and State in August 2021 when they smelled marijuana in his car.
Little pushed his car into reverse, knocking a cop down and dragging him into a concrete divider beneath a bridge viaduct. According to police, Little then struck a second officer and nearly struck a third before fleeing the scene.
The officer who was dragged fired his gun during the event, but no one was hit.
The officer is seen limping to safety as he is carried by his comrades, his arms over their shoulders. The cop was later taken to a hospital in good condition.
Little was identified as the individual who dragged the officer because he handed up his driver’s license before fleeing the scene.
Little abandoned his car between 61st and Indiana following the incident, and police apprehended him four days later in a Burger King parking lot on the South Side, where he was discovered hiding in the back seat.
In addition to his 12-year sentence for attempted murder, he received a concurrent 3-year jail sentence for firearms charges related to the incident. Officers discovered a handgun on Little when he was apprehended, and because he had prior felony convictions, he was not lawfully permitted to possess a firearm.
He will receive little credit for the 1,534 days he spent in jail prior to his sentencing.
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