Berwyn Police Blotter
Forest Park men charged in Roosevelt Road beating of Berwyn man
April 14, 2007, 11:15 PM
Three Forest Park men have been charged with battery in the beating of a 39-year-old Berwyn man. The victim was walking on Roosevelt near the Shell station when he says three men approached him and said “What are you looking at?” They accused him of using a racial slur towards them, and began to yell and attack him; the victim said when he fell to the ground they continued to punch him and kick him in the head. A man in a white van saw the attack and pulled into the Shell lot to help the victim. A woman in a nearby apartment saw the attack and ran outside. The three men fled on foot to Forest Park as police arrived, but were quickly taken into custody. The victim denied insulting anyone; he identified the three men arrested as his attackers. Charged with one count of battery each are Forest Park residents Lavelle Chapel, age 18; Jeremy Harris, age 18, and Steven Brown, age 19.
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