By Jim Sterne
News Editor
A battery that began in Baby-O Cafe, 5726 N. Western Ave., on Wednesday, May 21, at 7:56 p.m. led police to the discovery of expired food and liquor licenses.
The battery began when a 53-year-old patron got into an argument with two white males, both about 25 years old. One offender was 6' and 180 lb. The other was about 5'10" and missing a left eye. The first offender, wearing a blue T-shirt and blue jeans and holding a beer bottle, approached the victim. He punched the victim in the chest. The victim grabbed the offender by the neck and pushed him into a door. The second offender grabbed a glass ashtray and struck the victim on the side of the head causing a laceration.
The victim pushed his way out the door. The offenders followed. The first offender pulled a knife. They chased the victim around his vehicle. The victim kept the offenders at bay with a paint stick he grabbed from his vehicle.
A citizen saw the altercation and called police.
The offenders got into a black four-door VW Golf. They drove on the sidewalk trying to run the victim over but he was able to flee on foot. When the victim returned to his vehicle the offenders returned and tried to run him over again but failed. The victim threw the stick at the vehicle as it passed him.
In a supplementary report, the police reported that the bartender, Tzvetelina Spasova, 30, of the 400 block of W. Superior St., failed to call police to report the incident. City ordinance stipulates that any altercation must be reported to police. The report is filed and considered when the establishment's liquor license is renewed.
Further investigation revealed that Baby-O's food and liquor licenses had both expired. Citations were issued to Baby-O's owner, Ivica Jakomin, for the license failures and failure to notify police of the altercation. Court date is June 20 in Br. 29-2.
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