Arlington Heights man charged with attacking homeless man with ax in downtown garage. ArlHtsPOLICE
A man who prosecutors say described himself as"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," is charged with attempted murder in an attack Sunday on an unhoused man sleeping in the underground portion of a downtown Arlington Heights parking garage.
According to county prosecutors, Nowak approached the sleeping man at about 6:30 a.m. Sunday and struck him with a bicycle. The man, who had been sleeping in the secluded area for about two years, kicked at the bike and threw it off himself, only to find Nowak standing above him holding an ax, said Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Faith Hook.
After the homeless man stood up, prosecutors said Nowak ripped metal pieces off the bike and threw them at the man, hitting his tooth, face and toe. Nowak yelled"that he would kill the victim and get rid of the homeless," Hook said. by signing up you agree to our terms of service Nowak also destroyed some of the man's belongings, he added.
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