A Real Kick In The Gut
A Logan Square woman was kicked in the stomach by a Chicago Police Department horse outside of Wrigley Field after her boyfriend scared the animal by slapping it on the butt following the Cubs’ home opener, according to department records.![]() |
Ehle (Chicago Police Department) |
Police officers working the Cubs detail said that they were standing on the corner of Clark and Addison at 10:05PM when they saw Ehle walked up and slap “Police Horse Kelly” on the right hind quarter. A third officer was seated atop Kelly at the time of the incident, the cops said.
“This action caused Police Horse Kelly to become startled and kick [the 23-year-old woman] in the midsection,” an officer said.
An ambulance was called for the victim, but she later declined medical attention.
Have A Ball
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Bruce (Chicago Police Department) |
Officers working the Addison Red Line station said James Bruce committed “numerous traffic violations” and “[threw] a league baseball out the window of his car into a crowd of people standing outside of Wrigley Field."
Bruce then “opened the driver’s side door of his vehicle in traffic while he was driving north on Sheffield. [He] then drove in reverse on Sheffield with cars traveling in both directions and large crowds of people nearby,” one cop wrote.
Jersey Score
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Budnick (Chicago Police Department) |
The manager of Sports World, 3555 N. Clark, said he saw Budnick stuff a Cubs jersey and a Chicago flag hat down his shorts before walking out of the store without paying, a police report says. Retail value: $88.20
Stats
2016 Cubs home game arrest statistics:- Number of home games played: 6
- Number of arrests: 10
- Arrestee sex: 9 male, 1 female
- Arrestee average age: 27.9
- Most common charges: Battery (3); Reckless conduct (3)
- Most common arrestee home towns: Chicago (2); Aurora (2)