Suspect arrested in Jackson Park attack

By ABC7
August 19, 2009 (CHICAGO) Police say the 52-year-old man and his 50-year-old female companion were sitting in Jackson Park at 62nd and Cornell when an armed man came out of the bushes. He ordered them both on the ground, assaulted the woman and took the man's wallet.

Police found the suspect a short time later, but have not yet charged him.

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