Bike theft suspect faces felony charges

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On October 4, just past midnight, UIC Police responded to a bicycle theft in progress at Thomas Beckham Hall, 1250 S. Halsted St. Responding officers observed and detained a suspect closely fitting the description of the offender. Witnesses positively identified the offender, who was arrested. A search recovered burglary tools used to cut bicycle locking cables. During processing the offender became combative and injured two officers who both required medical attention. Stevie Slater, 50, of West 14th Street, was charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery to a police officer, one felony count for possession of burglary tools, two misdemeanor counts of resisting and one count of attempted theft.

Courtesy of:

Bill Burton
News Bureau Director
University of Illinois at Chicago

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on October 5, 2012 at 6:13am

LOL, bike theft isn't a big deal most of the time to the MAN -but run from a cop and maybe struggle a little and all of a sudden it's a felony or two.

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