'Santa' accused of battery to cop, store worker
BY ROSEMARY SOBOL Staff Reporter/rsobol@suntimes.com Dec 5, 2010
Adam Klimek
Even though he was sporting a Santa hat and a fake fur coat, a North Side man wasn't exactly in a holiday mood Friday, police said.
First Adam Klimek, 35, was asked to leave the Brown Elephant store at 3651 N. Halsted in Lake View because he was swearing at other customers and appeared intoxicated, police said.
Then, while he was being escorted out of the store, he allegedly pushed a store worker toward the sidewalk before fleeing south on Halsted.
Police caught up with him a block away. When he was told he was going to be placed under arrest and was handcuffed, he spit at and kicked an officer in the shin, causing her to suffer bruises and swelling, according to a police report.
Klimek, of Uptown, was charged with felony aggravated battery to police and misdemeanor counts of battery and criminal trespass, police said.
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