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Police deny(Continued from Page A-l)ment Organization, a neighborhood group pushing for better police protection and response times in their neighborhood Wednesday, Chicago Heights Police Spokesman Capt. Richard Stultz defended the department’s actions in responding to the accident that claimed the life of Davida Coleman of 322 N. Boston St.“We have reviewed tape recordings at our dispatch center and we received the call at 19:10 (7:10 p.m.), dispatched a few seconds later and arrived at the scene at 19:13 (7:13 p.m.), three minutes later,” Stultz said.Stultz said department officials also reviewed tape recordings of all incoming calls for assistance “one hour before and one hour after 2 p.m. that day and have no record of any calls for assistance from Beacon Hill residents as Ghiles has claimed.” Ghiles also claimed that police do not respond to 911 calls for assistance.“That’s understandable,” Stultz said. “The Emergency 911 system is not yet operational here in Chicago Heights and all calls to that number from Chicago Heights telephones are routed to the operator who informs the caller that the 911 number is not a working number. He also would have been told that on his first visit to police headquarters.“Perhaps in his grief he was mistaken,” Stultz said. “We all want to express our condolences to the family and friends of Davida Coleman. It was a tragic incident. We’ve taken all the steps necessary to make sure there was no negligence on our part. We wanted to make sure that we did not fail to do something to prevent this tragedy.”On Tuesday, Gregory Jennings, 19, of 585 Hickory St., Chicago Heights and Anthony Johnson, 19, 928 White Oak Lane, University Park, both charged with reckless homicide,appeared briefly in Bond Court at the Sixth District Circuit Court, Markham.Associate Judge Robert Krop set bond at $100,000 for each defendant.Police allege Johnson was driving the car that struck and killed Coleman.According to Assistant State’s Attorney Robert Hovey, Jennings, the other driver, is charged under the state’s law of accountability, which holds a person who aids or abets the commission of a crime liable for the actions of someone else.
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