After School Fight Sends Palatine Teen to Hospital
15-year-old Palatine boy was hit in the head with a large wooden stick during an after school fight and had to be transported to the hospital Monday, police said.
During an after school fight, a 15-year-old Palatine boy was beaten with a large wooden stick near Palatine High School Monday, police said. Palatine Police Officers responded to a “fight in progress” call around 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1. The 911 caller reported a boy had been hit in the head with a two-by-four on the 1100 block of E. Cunningham Drive. “Somebody said they heard an argument, so we called police,” said nearby resident, Anna Corenjo. “These kids just beat each other up,” Corenjo said, “They use whatever they can find to beat each other.” Officers at the scene said the 15-year-old was hit in the head with a “sizable piece of wood” but not a two-by-four. The boy was transported to Northwest Community Hospital with a head wound. …
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Roman G. Golash
11:12 am on Thursday, October 11, 2012
Chicago gangs are here in Palatine. If you remember, a similiar situation developed at a Chicago high school, where kids used large pieces of wood to smash heads. We are unable to stop this violence, we do not have the will to stop it, such is "social justice." A vote for Obama will only escalate this type of criminal behavior. more ›