Steep Bill at Outriggers Spurs Attack That Sends Manager to Hospital
A Mokena man has been charged with battery after police said he wrestled the Tinley restaurant manager to the ground and broke his ribs in a dispute over the bill. Charges may be upgraded.
A Mokena man who sent a restaurant manager to the hospital with broken ribs and a collapsed lung on March 18 faces battery charges, according to a Tinley Park police report.
Distraught over his supposedly high bill, Donovan L. Campbell, 40, of the 11100 block of McGovney Street in Mokena, confronted the manager at Outriggers around 10 p.m. last Friday, slapped him in the face and punched his chest when asked to leave, police said.
Witnesses told police that Campbell then put the 55-year-old manager in a choke hold and wrestled him to the ground. Restaurant employees eventually freed their boss and restrained Campbell until police arrived.
Campbell’s ex-wife and 8-year-old son were taken to the Tinley Park police station so they could find a safe ride home. She was too drunk to drive, police said.
The manager was taken to Palos Community Hospital complaining of chest pains and later transferred to Christ Medical Center. He suffered eight broken ribs and a collapsed lung, police said.
Campbell was charged with battery, though police said they will speak with the manager once he’s released from the hospital about upgrading the charges to aggravated battery.
frank glio
9:30 am on Wednesday, March 23, 2011
i ll tell you what....i was in in restaurant in matteson, il about 15 years ago...a patron of the place got mouthy...guess what happened...the owner took the guy outside and hithim with a baseball bat....thts what should have happen to the jerk donavan...really class couple.... out with 8 year old son.......jerk......little advise stay out of italian steakhouses.
Apres Ski
4:13 pm on Wednesday, March 23, 2011
I want to know what they ordered & why the bill was soooooooooooooooooo high! There are no details on the food, but that's what triggered the fight. Of course, sounds like the guy had been drinking or something, but I still want to know what they ordered and how much was what they ordered.
frank glio
11:08 am on Sunday, March 27, 2011
doesnt matter the guy was wrong and should have been taken in back of restaurant and hit in the head with a baseball bat....thats what......end of &*()_+) story.....
Keith Liebermann
12:20 pm on Friday, February 24, 2012
The patron was wrong, but in Illinois the law states that it is ILLEGAL for an establishment to sell liquor to an intoxicated person or sell enough to get a person intoxicated. Unless of course any of the parties are mexican, then they don't have to obey any laws they don't likew. Especially in Cook County!
citizen X
12:19 am on Thursday, July 26, 2012
The manager is the owner, and I've seen him threaten a multitude of patrons. He once served questionable lobster to a mother and son on their birthday. When they nicely complained, he exploded!!! He called them names and acted like a madman. They called the police on him, but alas, nothing could really be done to him. I can tell you from personal experience, he probably provoked and deserved it!!
Ben Feldheim
9:00 am on Thursday, July 26, 2012
Just a reminder that cursing isn't allowed in comments.