Arturo Rodriguez, 46, and a 16-year-old boy were charged with felonies after allegedly assaulting Chicago police officers with wooded flagpoles.
of Cicero, and the juvenile allegedly attacked the officers in the Little Village neighborhood early Saturday during a celebration for Mexican Independence Day.
Rodriguez is accused of striking an officer who was on the ground in the back of the head with a wooden flagpole as officers tried to chase and arrest two teens, the Chicago Tribune reported citing court records.Arturo Rodriguez had pleaded guilty to an attempted murder in 1994 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to local reports.
A police report obtained by the newspaper says the officer was"defenseless" when Rodriguez allegedly attacked him, and that the officer sustained
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