Crime & Safety

4 Charged with Robbery, Beating Oak Lawn Man with a Metal Stick

Two Worth men, a Burbank man and a Palos Park woman are charged in connection the with the robbery and beating that took place in unincorporated Palos Park.

Four people have been charged in connection with the battery and robbery of a 19-year-old man in unincorporated Palos Park, Sheriff Thomas J. Dart said Friday.  

On April 6, a 19-year-old Oak Lawn man was severely beaten by several males in the 12900 block of South 83rd Court, police said. According to the Sheriff’s Police investigation, the victim met a woman at the location who led him inside a garage. Men inside the garage then beat the victim with a metal object and kicked him. One of the offenders took cash from the victim.  

The victim was able to get away and get to a hospital, where Sheriff’s police were called. A metal stick believed to be used in the battery was recovered in the garage.

Detectives identified four suspects: Julian Lopez, 23, of Worth, Alex Ryan, 22, of Worth, Manuel Juarez, 24, of Burbank, and Nicoletta Tzinares, 18, of Palos Park.  All four were charged with aggravated battery: great bodily harm and with robbery.

They all appeared in bond court at the Bridgeview Courthouse on April 9. Bond for Lopez was set at $250,000; Ryan $300,000; Tzinares $100,000; Juarez, $250,000 and no bond on a previous, drug-related case.  Sheriff Dart reminds the public that the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty by the government in a court of law. 

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