A Cook County judge set $1 million bail for an Austin man charged with the attempted murder of a Chicago Police Department officer in Humboldt Park.
Thursday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Timothy Hendricks, 32, tried to take off from the scene of the stop about 8 p.m. in the 1000 block of North Ridgeway, Cook County prosecutors said during a bail hearing Saturday. After putting his vehicle in drive and hitting a squad car, he hit an officer with the passenger door of the car, which had been opened by a passenger, dragging the officer into a squad car, prosecutors said.
Another officer slashed the tire of Hendricks' car, causing Hendricks to run, prosecutors said. He was arrested about a block away after he attempted to hide in a nearby home, according to police. In addition to attempted murder, Hendricks faces three other felony charges: aggravated battery of a police officer, possessing less than 15 grams of cocaine and resisting and obstructing a police officer, along with various traffic citations.Hendricks has seven previous felony convictions and six misdemeanor convictions, including a misdemeanor assault of a police officer, prosecutors said.
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