A River North man who shoved a partially paralyzed man into the street during a bizarre downtown confrontation over a dog has avoided prison time by entering a guilty plea.
Court records show that 27-year-old Tristan Block pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. Cook County Judge Aleksandra Gillespie sentenced him to 30 months of probation and ordered him to complete 40 hours of community service. As conditions of probation, Block must provide a DNA sample to a law enforcement database, submit to random drug testing, and remain in Illinois unless granted court permission to travel, records show.
The charge stemmed from an incident on July 22, 2023, at the intersection of Ontario and Wells. Prosecutors said Block was seen chasing a golden retriever that had run into traffic and a passerby stopped to help. But after the dog was safely back in Block’s arms, the two men argued over whether Block was actually the dog’s owner, prosecutors claimed…