Card game gone bad leads to knife fight, five arrests
October 23, 2006
DeKALB | A card game ended in a knife fight Saturday morning, according to DeKalb Police reports.
Officers responded to a call from a complainant saying that somebody had kicked down the door to 955 Fotis Drive, Apt. 7 following a card game and that a fight broke out.
Police said the caller told them there were also knives involved in the fight.
Officers arrived at the scene and tried to restore order, but several of the people involved in the brawl disobeyed their verbal orders and kept on fighting, police said.
Two of the subjects involved in the fight fled the scene as police tried to arrest them. In the end, police were able to stop the fight and arrested five individuals involved.
Police arrested Paul L. Henry, 22, of Chicago, for home invasion, two counts of battery and criminal damage to property and Roger Henry, 25, of Chicago, for home invasion and two counts of battery.
Police also arrested Jerome Mickle, 23, of Hillside, Marcus K. Head, 23, of Bellwood and Charles Tate-Webster, 24, of Hillside, for battery.
Kenneth Lowe is the Police and Fire Reporter for the Northern Star.