Police: Dumbbell Swung by Des Plaines Man in Attack

A Des Plaines man appeared in Rolling Meadows courthouse Thursday after, police say, he hit an unincorporated Cook County man with an exercise dumbbell, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office stated.

Nicholas Ungureanu, 21, of Des Plaines was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and home invasion in connection with an attack that included using a handheld dumbbell to hit the man twice, according to a statement from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.

Ungureanu and another man, Brian Fogell, 20, were accused of entering the man’s mobile home residence on the 2300 block of East Oakton St., the Cook County Sheriff’s Office stated, and chasing the man into his bedroom at approximately 4:50 p.m. on March 25.

Ungureanu and Fogell punched the man and Ungureanu hit the man twice with the exercise dumbbell, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.

The man knew Ungureanu and Fogell, according to the statement, and the altercation erupted over a woman, stated Sophia Ansari, a spokesperson for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, in an email to Patch.

An arrest warrant was issued for Fogell, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office stated, and police asked anyone with information about his location to call the sheriff’s police at (708) 865-4896. Fogell was last seen leaving the scene of the battery, Ansari stated.

Ungureanu was arrested by Des Plaines police at his Des Plaines residence on the 2000 block of Touhy Avenue a short time before 6 p.m. on Monday, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office stated.

Ungureanu’s bond was set at $225,000, according to the statement from the Cook County Sheriff’s Office, and his next court date was scheduled for April 19 at Rolling Meadows courthouse.

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