Baseball Bat Beating Lands Tinley Teen in County Jail: Cops

FRANKFORT, IL — A Tinley Park park teen attacked another young man with a baseball bat outside a Frankfort gas station, police said.

When deputies got to the Circle K station on West Lincoln Highway about midnight Thursday, 18-year-old Jake Murdock explained that he was merely “helping his friend out” after his pal let him know “someone had just tried to break into his house,” police said.

Murdock and this friend, another 18-year-old, pulled up in a Hyundai on three teens who were sitting around on the side of the gas station, police said. Murdock then allegedly produced a baseball bat and used it to bludgeon a 19-year-old from Mokena.

“According to reports, Murdock and his friend were told over social media that those individuals may be at Circle K,” police said. “Murdock and his friend then went to Circle K and found the three subjects sitting there.”

The beaten teen suffered bruises to his back, ribs and hip, police said. He reportedly refused medical treatment.