A Chicago man, who police said stabbed a cab driver in Park Ridge, was charged with armed robbery on Aug. 28.
A 23-year-old Chicago man was charged with armed robbery, a Class X felony, after he allegedly stabbed a cab driver. Antonio C. Olivier is alleged to have stabbed and robbed a cab driver in Park Ridge near the intersection of Elm Street and Wisner Avenue on Aug. 22 around 9:30 p.m. The location is about five blocks south of Oakton Street in Niles. Olivier directed the cab driver to an unlit street claiming that he needed to speak to his family. When the driver pulled over, Olivier demanded money from the cab driver and then proceeded to stab the man in the side of the head and also in the stomach, police said. Olivier took $65 from the cab driver and fled the scene. The victim was later transported to Lutheran General Hospital for his …
He had serious injuries. It happened near Elm and Wisner Wednesday at 9:38 pm, and the assailant fled on foot. Police are looking for information.
Park Ridge police released the following statement Thursday afternoon: Detectives from the Park Ridge Police Department are investigating an armed robbery which occurred on Wednesday, August 22 at approximately 9:38 p.m. At that time, police officers responded to the area of Elm and Wisner and learned that a cab driver had been stabbed and robbed by his fare while en route to O’Hare airport. The driver, a 42-year-old Chicago Ridge man, sustained non-life threatening, but serious, injuries and was transported to Lutheran General Hospital from the scene. The suspect fled on foot and is described as a male, white, possibly between 5’5" and 5’7" tall, weighing 150 to 170 pounds. He was seen wearing a dark colored shirt and khaki shorts. The…
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Dick Barton
11:31 am on Thursday, August 30, 2012
I hear an arrest has been made in this case. more ›