{"id":392234,"date":"2026-07-09T17:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392234\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:09:09","slug":"california-man-charged-with-beating-up-64-year-old-woman-in-chicago-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/392234\/","title":{"rendered":"California man charged with beating up 64-year-old woman in Chicago robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/brendan-harvey-34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-653d32e2=\"\">\u00a0Brendan Harvey (Chicago Police Department)<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">CHICAGO &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">California<\/a> man faces felony charges in connection with a robbery and beating of a 64-year-old woman on Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\/near-west-side\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Near West Side<\/a> two years ago, according to the Chicago Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>   Chicago violent robbery charges <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police say Brendan Harvey, 34, of Pasadena, California has been charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery and one felony count of robbery.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The attack happened on March 12, 2024, in the 1500 block of South Jefferson Street, where police said Harvey attacked the woman and stole her belongings.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police identified Harvey as the suspect and arrested him Wednesday in the 10000 block of West O\u2019Hare St.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">It\u2019s unclear what led up to the attack.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WFLD\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Harvey was scheduled to attend a detention hearing today in Cook County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this report came from the Chicago Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\/near-west-side\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Near West Side<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/ca\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">California<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article \u00a0Brendan Harvey (Chicago Police Department) CHICAGO &#8211; 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