3 boys, ages 10 and 11, charged after thrown rocks shatter CPD car windshield on Southwest Side

Wednesday, July 31, 2019
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police said three kids have been charged with throwing rocks at a police car.

The three boys, ages 10 and 11, have been charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass to property.
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Police said someone threw a rock at a police car on the city's Southwest Side Tuesday night, shattering the windshield. The officer thought someone was shooting at the squad car.

A female sergeant was on her routine patrol in the 2500-block of West Cermak Road when she heard a loud sound and the windshield of her squad car shattered, said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
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All three boys have been released to their parents.

Police said the sergeant has been treated for minor injuries to her arm and released from the hospital.
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