- A 59-year-old off-duty Chicago police officer was hit in the face by a man soliciting business for Direct Energy, according to police.
Vincent Taylor, 22, was arrested about 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the officer's home on California Avenue on the Southwest Side. Taylor, of the 5900 block of Superior Street, in west suburban Berkeley, was wearing an orange polo shirt with what appears to be the Direct Energy logo on the left side of his chest in his police booking photo.
The officer declined Taylor's offer and asked him to shut the gate in his front yard as he left, police said.
Taylor slammed the gate and the officer approached him to ask why he didn't shut it, police said.
The two started arguing, police said. Prosecutors said he threatened the officer. And two people who witnessed the argument told police Taylor was arguing with the officer before Taylor hit him in the face, breaking the officer's glasses and causing swelling around his left eye, police said.
Was this just a guy having a bad day?
- This is Taylor's fourth arrest on battery charges, and at least one of those was domestic, police said.
Guess not.