March 30, 2007, 8:30 AM
A disturbance call brought police to the 1900 block of Grove, where they found a 44-year-old woman with a bruised, cut face and bleeding lips and gums. The woman said her boyfriend, also 44, punched and choked her. She was taken to MacNeal Hospital. Inside her apartment, officerts confiscated three items for the safety of the occupants: a wood-handled knife, a knife/hammer combination, and a set of handcuffs. Police found and arrested the boyfriend. The man complained his wrist had been hurt during the altercation with the woman. He was taken to MacNeal. While there, the offender telephoned the injured woman and threatened her.
