Vietnam veteran beaten, robbed; 2 held
By Rosemary R. Sobol
Tribune reporter
June 23, 2012
Sixty-five-year-old Vietnam vet and retired factory worker Willie Haynes was just trying to pick up his cousin from a doctor's appointment but ended up needing one himself after two robbers “jumped him’’ early Friday on the Near West Side.
The two suspects, Eric L. Thomas and Elon Love, were apprehended by police and appeared in court today, charged with aggravated robbery and aggravated battery to a senior citizen.
In court today, Judge James Brown set bails at $100,000 each for Thomas and Love.
“I didn’t deserve this,’’ Hayes said when reached by phone this afternoon. “I couldn’t believe it was happening to me.’’
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