Berwyn Police Blotter
MAN ARRESTED IN BERWYN ROBBERIES LINKED TO BEATING OF NURSE
From the Forest Park Review articles:
Suspect arrested in nurse’s beating, robbery nabbed in Cicero after Berwyn robberies
September 16, 2008
by Bill Dwyer
A suspect in the July 19 armed robbery and brutal beating of a Forest Park nurse was arrested last Wednesday night in Cicero. Mark A. Goree* 21, of Chicago, was one of two men arrested by Cicero police responding to a call of three armed street robberies in Berwyn.
Goree was charged with four felonies, including armed violence, armed robbery and two counts of aggravated battery in relation to the robbery of Janice Johnson.
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NURSE SURVIVES BEATING
July 29, 2008
by Josh Adams
Janice Johnson had just put her trash in the bin behind her Adams Street condo when she turned and headed toward her car. The 54-year-old nurse was on her way to a hair appointment so she could look her best at a high school reunion in Naperville the next day.
But Johnson, who works at a university medical center in Chicago, never made it to her car. As she stepped away from the Dumpster, a man she had never seen put a gun in her face. After taking her purse, he pistol-whipped Johnson to the ground, kicked her and threatened several times to shoot her, she said.
“In my mind, I thought I was going to die there,” Johnson said tearfully a few days after the July 19 beating. “I was wishing I could see my family and my boyfriend. I was wondering how my mother would survive this.”
Police suspect the assailant who attacked Johnson shortly before 12:30 p.m. that day may be responsible for a string of similar attacks. Left badly shaken by the ordeal, Johnson is recovering from a concussion and required several staples to close a wound on the back of her scalp. She has bruises and scrapes all over her body, including a massive contusion on her hip, where she said the man kicked her repeatedly.
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*The Berwyn portion of the story here:
http://www.berwynpoliceblotter.com/index.php/site/comments/chicago_men_charged_in_berwyn_armed_robberies/
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