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Aug 27, 2008 9:02 am US/Central
Homeless Couple Charged With Beating Woman
Victim Was Reportedly Left In Drug-Induced Coma
CHICAGO (STNG) ―
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Derrick King (left) and Joyce Burgess are charged with beating a couple in the South Loop on Monday, reportedly leaving a woman in a drug-induced coma.
Chicago Police
A homeless couple was charged for a Monday night robbery and beating in the South Loop that reportedly left a woman in a drug-induced coma.
A man and woman in their 30s went inside a store on Roosevelt Road near Wabash Avenue to buy cigarettes about 10:30 p.m. Monday while celebrating the woman's birthday. When they left, a homeless man and woman panhandling near the store confronted the two, according to a police source.
When the homeless woman asked the woman celebrating her birthday for a cigarette, she was told to "go get a job" by the woman or her companion, the source said.
A fight ensued and the homeless man allegedly grabbed the woman celebrating her birthday and threw her to the ground and beat her in the head, knocking out most of her upper teeth and leaving her critically inured. She was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she is in a reported drug-induced coma, the source said.
"We did have a pretty unfortunate incident involving a couple that were celebrating a birthday," according to Central District police Lt. Richard Guerrero.
Derrick King, 46, of the Pacific Garden Mission at 1458 S. Canal St., and Joyce Burgess, 38, also of the mission, were charged late Tuesday with strong-armed robbery, according to Guerrero, who said the two stole a Blackberry.
King was also charged with aggravated battery and the two are scheduled to appear in North Felony Court (Br.42) at 2452 W. Belmont Ave. later Wednesday for a bond hearing, Guerrero said.
(Source: Sun-Times News Group Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2009. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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