A man is accused of severely beating a gas station clerk and trying to start an explosion after he was denied a job application in Chicago’s far northwest suburbs.
Austin Silverman, 29, of Woodstock, has been charged with attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery.
McHenry County prosecutors said, on New Year’s Eve morning, Silverman went into the Shell gas station on Eastwood Drive in Woodstock, and asked the clerk working behind the counter for a job application…