Thursday, April 4, 2013
Police urging other possible victims to come forward after series of attacks in Englewood
Englewood police are investigating a string of violent assaults and robberies targeting Hispanic immigrants, including one that sent a man to the hospital early Tuesday. In the latest robbery reported just before 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, a 47-year-old man told police he was approached by six males, all dressed in black, near W. Palisade Avenue and James Street, Englewood Detective Capt. Tim Torell said Wednesday. Two of the males, who were believed to be less than 14-years-old, broke off from the group and demanded money. The victim told police that one of the older males might have had a handgun in his waist during the attack, Torell said. The other four older men apparently acted as lookouts. Earlier that day, four young males jumped and …
Friday, January 11, 2013
Quick action by police officers credited with saving bleeding man's life
An Englewood man faces an attempted murder charge after he attacked another city man in a bloody fight near West Englewood Avenue and Lafayette Place, leaving him hospitalized with serious injuries Thursday, authorities said. Derrick Rose, 53, and the 54-year-old victim were arguing when Rose struck him in the head with a pipe, according to Police Chief Arthur O'Keefe. The victim managed to disarm his attacker of the pipe, but Rose pulled a large folding knife and stabbed the man in the neck and throat twice before stabbing him again in the face, O'Keefe said. The wounded man continued to fight back, eventually stumbling away and collapsing. Englewood police quickly converged on the area following several 911 calls around 4:30 p.m. and …
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Chief says 18 charged with crimes including drugs, illegal gambling.
- POLICE & FIRE
- Noah Cohen
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Authorities have charged 18 people from around the region as part of a months long investigation into drug sales, gambling and violent crime in the Englewood-area. One of those nabbed in the sweep was a seasonal parks worker who was dealing ecstasy from a concession stand in Englewood's Mackay Park, City Police Chief Arthur O'Keefe said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. City resident Shameeka Drakeford, 29, sold "mollies," a pure form of ecstasy, in a park busy with children, police said. Also charged were alleged Teaneck drug dealers Durelle Whitening and his Cedar Lane neighbor, 31-year-old Anthony Trumpet. Whitening, 28, was the gunman in a Sept. 9 shooting incident in Teaneck, according to the county prosecutor's office. …
Ernest Hofmann
10:08 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013
I can't believe how stupid! Two comments "I hope no one got hurt". The guy gets stabbed in the face, beat up, stabbed in a neck artery, and loses almost all his blood.I think there is a clue there. more ›