A 29-year-old River North nightclub worker has been charged in connection with a violent bar fight that left a 25-year-old man permanently blinded in one eye outside a West Loop bar late last year.
Julio De La Cruz was arrested this month in connection with the December 15, 2024, attack outside PB&J, a bar located at 205 North Peoria.
According to the state’s detention petition, the victim, who lives in Elgin, and a friend went to PB&J around 8:30 p.m. after attending a hockey game and kept to themselves until a fight broke out between other patrons…