By Dominic Kelly, Sat, October
25, 2014
A 59-year-old former Chicago
police officer was sentenced to three years in prison last week for breaking an
89-year-old man’s hip.
According to reports, David
Barrett was convicted of aggravated battery back in May for the incident in
December of last year. The 20-year veteran of Chicago’s police force reportedly
was off-duty when he entered a gas station convenience store and began cursing
at two employees because he was having trouble pumping his gas.
The 89-year-old victim was in
line behind Barrett and asked him to stop cursing at the cashiers. That, in
turn, angered Barrett even more and lead him to push the elderly man to the
ground. Barrett stood in the store for a few more minutes and continued to yell
at other people before eventually leaving. Luckily, a patron ran out after him,
wrote down his license plate number, and reported the incident to local police.
The 89-year-old victim wound up
suffering a broken hip and torn rotator cuff and was forced to spend an
“extended period of time” in a rehabilitation center following corrective
surgery. Barrett was eventually arrested and charged with aggravated battery
back in May. Now, he has learned his fate and will spend the next three years
behind bars.
