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Vito Zaccaro was working at Cook County ... that is Stroger Hospital as a Cook County Sheriff's officer when the inmate he was guarding pulled a shank on him, stabbed him in the neck and wrestled with him for his gun. Losing blood from his neck, he retained control of his weapon, and chased down Willis Reese in his attempt to escape.
Now, two months later, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's office has denied Zaccaro's request for benefits because he can't prove his injuries happened while he was on duty. Don't these people have timesheets or records of schedules? Something? People just work whenever they want? Because they're denying his work-related claim, Stroger Hospital sent Zaccaro a bill for $3,750 to cover the emergency services he received that day. Thanks for 19 years on the job, Vito!
"I'm flabbergasted," Zaccaro said. "What do I have to do for them to believe I was working? Get killed?" Stroger's peeps won't comment cause Zaccaro's got a claim pending, of course. But Vito did have an answer for those who sent him a hospital bill. "I sent it back to them with a note," he said. " 'Keep dreaming.' "
If this all wasn't completely crazy, Vito has to take shots for Hepatitis and STDs because investigators believe Reese hid the weapon in his ass. What? Ass to neck -- a shank up the ass?? This is no Clerks II shit. That's crazy nasty. Zaccaro did say that Reese was using the bathroom before the attack and per protocol, his handcuffs were removed. Ack. If not getting paid wasn't bad enough, now he's got to deal with disgusting laid on top of injury.
"Closeup of homemade knife." by Dixon Steele
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Five bucks says if he takes the county to court and wins, Stroger will offer him a "Hospital Security Consultant" job for $245,000 a year in lieu of a settlement.
Heads should roll for this. If he sues the county will have to pay him millions. Stroger probably has a lawyer buddy ready to sue the county on behalf of this guy so he gets huge settlement and kicks some back to Toddler of course at all us taxpayer's expense.
I was at City Hall today what a joke. It's amazing anything get's done in this town. I had to fill one page form to get my answers and it might take them a week or more to get back to me on one dept. and the other the lady was on vacation until thurs. What only one person can do a job over there.
You're missing the point. If the County pays disability / workers comp benefits to people who've been injured on the job, there's less money to hire Stroger's dimwit cousins, of whom he appears to have several thousand. The County has to save money somewhere.
I still think it's funny that John Stroger didn't even go to THE HOSPITAL NAMED AFTER HIMSELF.
Was there any security footage? Who's investigating this? I don't know who handles investigations for Cook County's police force.
Because it's so common for people to get shanked as they're walking down the street? Oh, so THAT explains all the headlines and outrage I've been seeing over drive-by shankings. Right.
my GOD, Todd Stroger is a douchebag.
I want to move away from corruption central-Crook County and Daleyville. Any suggestions from the dear Chicagoist on places to consider? I've paid my dues working to bring change but most of the citizens just don't mind corruption. They know its corruption. They even no its wrong and shouldn;t happen. But in the town that kept Capone in business and gave birth to the Daley dynasty they just think its how its supposed to be. Sad really.
The shit we put up with in Cook county is second only to the shit we put up with from our leaders in Washington. It disgusts me. Why doesn't anyone call the Toddler a slimy liar to his face. If I saw him I would. Then I'd ask him how his father is doing. "He was so well right after the stroke. And before the primary you said he was doing fine. It's so sad about his backslide." Lying sack of shit and thieving bastard.
MACK - I have a coworker here from Seattle who said two council members were ousted for a minor impropriety. Sounds like a place where corruption isn't tolerated. Try it. I might join you.
Let 'em jack up the property taxes. It will be worth paying through the nose to see the reactions from the people who voted him in and are least able to pay for the increases. Seriously, what planet were Stroger supporters born on?
I get shanked every morning on my way to work with stuff people hid up their butt! If I couldn't deal with it I'd move back to Naperville.
How dare Zaccaro try and steal county money when this clearly happened elsewhere, and definitely NOT at the jail where people have a motive to do something like this. Thank God Stroger can stand up and represent good government.
This is what you get when you keep voting for corrupt black politicians like Stroger, as white chicagoans so regularly do in their worshipful genuflection to the wonders of "diversity". Same thing in Philadelphia, Detroit and Marion Barry's DC etc etc etc. And how 'bout that excellent Chicago post office?