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Two Charged After Hit-And-Run Involving Chicago Police Officer In Greektown

CHICAGO (CBS)--Two people have been charged in a hit-and-run that injured a Chicago police officer on May 14 in the Greektown neighborhood.

Arsenio Harden, 30, was charged with a felony count of escape from a peace officer. Lashanda Southall, 29, was charged with aggravated battery of a peace officer and aggravated fleeing from a peace officer.

Lashanda Southall
(Chicago Police)
Arsenio Harden
(Chicago Police)

A police officer pulled them over around 3 a.m. and police said they backed up and hit the officer and a light pole and then fled the scene.

Police did not say who was driving the vehicle.

The officer declined medical treatment.

 

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