18-year-old Freeport man faces charges for attacking police officer

FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — An 18-year-old Freeport man has been charged with aggravated battery to a police officer.

According to the Freeport Police Department, an officer was in the area of Chicago Avenue and Dexter Street around 3:45 p.m. when he saw a gray Honda Accord chasing a black sedan west on Pleasant Street from Chicago Avenue.

The officer caught up with the Honda in the 700 block of S. Benton Avenue, where it stopped. Authorities said two occupants of the Honda, Isiah Cancel, 19, and Tashaun Hicks, 19, got out and challenged the occupants of the black sedan to a fight…

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