Returning to the gang members who jumped the off-duty cop on Lincoln Ave. after a 4 a.m. bar closing, not identified ethnically by Sun-Times and erroneously presumed in this space to be Puerto Rican, they’re white non-Latino, as is clear from their names — Vincent Munday, David Podgorski and brothers Anthony Borias, Nicholas Borias and Joseph Borias (maybe Latin) — and headshots.
The gang is Insane Deuces (alleged, allegedly and other kind of disclaimer for all this; it’s how newspapers protect selves, why not members of the Insane Bloggers gang?), one of whose members recently shot and killed a Marine home on leave. One of the Lincoln Avenue Five is an Elmwood Park High School graduate — that town is kitty-corner from Oak Park at Harlem & North.
This town has its toughies. I wandered into it now and then on walks from our northeast River Forest rental a few years back. One quiet Sunday about 8 a.m., I sauntered down the strip mall near Harlem & North, west of the bank on the corner across the street from a Sears store on the Chicago corner (NE). Noticing that the Great American Bagels was closed for redecorating, etc. — it’s when they absorbed an ice cream operation from next door — I stopped to look inside.
I was immediately accosted by a tough young man whose accomplice stood at my rear. We remained jocular with each other as I, blessedly unaware, wondered out loud what was up with the Bagels place. The two and another were standing outside (guarding?) a late-model auto parked across a small parking lot in which sat (huddled?) an elderly couple. Taking the couple at first to be mob-related, I was the more cautious.
But my happy-go-luckiness worked in dealing with the two bully boys, who stood aside as I continued my stroll. Confused, I guessed the two oldsters were being held, say until ransom was paid? Lively imagination I had, you say. But regaining the River Forest side of North Avenue, I looked back. The wise guys and the oldsters remained in place. I considered calling 911 but didn’t, feeling uncertain of my ground in Elmwood Park matters. It’s culturally another world over there. I turned and continued back to our Bonnie Brae quarters.
Blithe Spirit 
The kids involved in this case are definitly not kids to hold a old couple for ransom so take that comment elsewhere. I know all of them personally. Yes this was a serious case and who is that concerned about the race of the defendants. What? Just to prove it wasnt a hispanic this time? Crime is crime. This was a drunken case of stupidity. The officer should not have pulled a gun before presenting a badge nethertheless starting with kids because they look like punks. As a 25 year old woman i have friends that are rookie cops and they treat thier badge as though it makes them above and beyond the law when they are hopping from bar to bar DUI with myself in the passanger seat. These kids were out to have a good time and im sure it was mutual stupidity between the group of kids and the officer…
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