Jul 22, 2009 3:32 pm US/Central
Men Charged With Beating Beauty Contest Judge
Leroy Tinch And Anthony Johnson Allegedly Beat Judge With Trophy
CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
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Leroy Tinch (left) and Anthony Johnson (right) are charged with beating a beauty contest judge with a trophy after disagreeing with his vote.
Chicago Police Dept.
Bond was set at $75,000 each Wednesday for two men charged with using a trophy to beat a beauty pageant judge because they allegedly didn't like his vote in a competition at a West Side club.
The attack left the judge with a broken jaw and a gash on his forehead.
Leroy Tinch, 28, of the 2200 block of Emerson Street in Evanston, and Anthony Johnson, 23, of the 8200 block of Keating Avenue in Skokie, were each charged early Wednesday with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, according to Rogers Park District police Lt. John Franklin.
Bond was set at $75,000 each on the Class 1 felony charge during a Wednesday hearing before Cook County Associate Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesel, according to Cook County State's Attorney's office spokesman Andy Conklin.
Police responded at 4:55 a.m. on July 6 to a call of a person with a knife at a beauty pageant at the 5th City Center at 3350 W. Jackson Blvd., the lieutenant said.
Officers learned Johnson allegedly struck judge Sebastian Latta, 37, of Baltimore, Md., with a trophy -- shattering his jaw in three places. Latta was initially taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and his jaw remained wired shut as of Wednesday, Franklin said.
Latta told a responding officer, "Apparently, I must have voted for the wrong person," the officer said.
"They said they didn't like the way he [Latta] judged one of them in the pageants," Franklin said.
Tinch allegedly slashed Latta across the forehead with an unidentified "edged instrument."
Rogers Park District police officer Jennifer Caputo arrested Tinch at 2:40 a.m. Tuesday after she spotted him in the 7100 block of North Clark Street. Johnson surrendered at 11 p.m. Tuesday at the Rogers Park District police station, the lieutenant said.
"She did a great job spotting the offender and bringing him in," Franklin said of Caputo.
Harrison Area Detective Vincent Alonzo was assigned the case the night of the incident, and he and his partner, Russell Egan, were also being lauded for their work.
"They did an excellent job putting the case together," Franklin said.
No other suspects are being sought.
Tinch and Johnson will face a preliminary hearing July 28 in West Felony Court (Br. 44), Conklin said.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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