Frenzied Juvenile Hits, Kicks, Police, Fire; Charged With Felony

Running in circles at Oakton/Milwaukee intersection

The incident began at Oakton Street and Milwaukee Avenue, where a police officer saw the youth running around in circles, even in front of oncoming traffic, and screaming for help on his cell phone. The officer told the teen to get off the street and onto a nearby parking lot. The teen was yelling, "I need help man, I am not feeling good, I need help," according to the police report. 

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As the officer pulled his squad into the parking lot, the teen ran south on Milwaukee Avenue, causing motorists to come to a halt, the report indicated. Then the teen lay down by a bus stop at 7900 Milwaukee. The officer asked him if he needed medical help, and the teen replied,  "I didn't have any alcohol tonight, but I am not feeling well, I need help, man." 

Teen kicks, spits at officer, swings arms, legs

A witness approached the officer to say he had seen the teen running in traffic calling for help. When the officer asked the teen if anyone had tried to hurt him or if he had had alcohol or drugs, the teen replied "(Expletive) you, (racial epithet.)" The teen spat in the officer's face near his eyes and kicked his leg, according to the report. The teen got up and ran, the officer grabbed his sweater, they both fell to the ground, and the teen kicked his legs, spat and tried to bite the officer, the report indicated. This continued, with the teen kicking, swinging his arms and cursing at the officer, and the witness holding down the teen's legs, until more police arrived. 

Teen battles six police officers

The backup officers used a Taser on the teen, but it had no effect, and the teen laughed and said "you can't hurt me with that," according to the report.  The teen was still on the ground trying to fight off six officers, swinging his arms, trying to punch them, spitting and trying to pull away. They succeeded in handcuffing him. Paramedics arrived and police and paramedics put him on a stretcher and took him into an ambulance. Police rode in the ambulance to help control the teen on the way to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. 

In hospital, teen still struggles, tries to bite bed

At the hospital, police said that even though the teen was strapped to a stretcher, they still had to hold him down for the safety of people present, including hospital nurses and security staff.  He continued screaming and trying to bite the straps and the bed, the report indicated.

Suspect drug, possibly LSD, found, police report indicated

Police found an Illinois ID card, a check stub and a cell phone in the teen's backpack. The cell phone had very little battery power left, and in the process of plugging it in to charge it, a paramedic removed its outer case and discovered a small blue plastic bag containing a suspect drug, possibly LSD, according to the report. 

Police contacted the teen's mother.

'Where am I?'

At one point while in the hospital, the teen opened his eyes and asked what had happened and where he was, police said. 

The injured officer was also treated at the hospital. 

The teen was booked, processed and held for a bond hearing pending his court date, which is Oct. 9 in the Cook County courthouse in Skokie, Room 105 at 1:30 p.m.

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