Ricky Ray Rush
CARMI, Ill. — Other than making deals with prosecutors and prison math, it is unclear exactly what a Carmi career criminal, sentenced in November of 2014 to prison for six years, was doing out on the street.
The violent convicted felon, identified as Ricky Ray Rush, 28, of 727 Shipley St., Carmi, was taken into custody at the Carmi police department a couple of days ago (Tuesday, March 27) at approximately 11:43 p.m. on what authorities describe as a “felony warrant.”
There is no indication as to where the warrant is from or what it alleges.
Rush’s criminal history includes a conviction being found guilty May 29, 2008 of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, which earned him a sentence of conditional discharge for two years and was ordered to undergo alcohol treatment and to attend a special facility.
That case also cost him $1,920 in fines and fees.
Approximately five months later, October 29, 2008 of Unlawful Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor and Unlawful Possession of Cannabis, for which he was sentenced to jail for 20 days, conditional discharge for two years and ordered to pay $676 in fines and fees.
He was arrested November 17, 2010 and charged with Domestic Battery.
Several weeks later, December 8, 2010, he pleaded guilty to an amended charge of Battery Causing Bodily Harm, for which he was sentenced to court supervision for two years and ordered to pay $175.
Rush earned himself a sentence to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for seven years after he was convicted of Unlawful Possession of Anhydrous Ammonia with Intent to Manufacture Methamphetamine, Domestic Battery and Aggravated Battery in a Public Place.
That case cost him another $3,630.99 in fines and fees, of which he still owes $3,547.99.
Rush was arrested August 16, 2014 and charged with Home Invasion Causing Injury, Aggravated Battery Strangulation, Domestic Battery, Criminal Trespass to a Residence with Person Present, Resisting a Peace Officer and Criminal Damage to Property.
He pleaded guilty November 3, 2014 to both battery charges in return for the remainder of the charges being dismissed and shipped back to IDOC on a sentence sex years and $892 in fines and fees, of which he has paid nothing.
No bond information was available on the warrant.