Crime & Safety
Man Beaten With Metal Rod on Classon
Thug hits 26-year-old in the head until he falls to the ground and then punches him.
A 26-year-old man was beaten in a random attack on Classon Avenue last week.
The man was walking between Lincoln and St. Johns places just before 11 p.m. when a man hit him on the back of the head and neck with a metal broom handle. He kept hitting the man until he fell to the ground. Then the man punched him in the face and left without robbing him, according to a police report.
The victim had a bloody nose and welts on the back of his neck, but refused medical attention. He described the attacker as a black man of about 20 standing 5-foot-10 and weighing about 200 pounds, the report said.
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Last summer at least nine people were attacked in Prospect Heights. In most cases the attacks were random and, like the crime above, not part of a robbery.
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