Fraternity member arrested on battery charges
Cory Freeman
Issue date: 4/26/05 Section: News
A member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity was arrested Sunday, April 17, on battery charges in an incident after the March Down.
A 21-year-old woman came to SIUE from Chicago for Omega Psi Phi's March Down with two other women. One of the women was familiar with Harold Turney, a member of the fraternity.
After the March Down, the alleged victim said there was a "get together" at 12 Devon Court in Edwardsville where alcohol was being served.
While leaving, the alleged victim claimed Michael A. Parks, a member of Omega Psi Phi, lifted her skirt up while walking to her car in the rear parking lot.
"I turned around and said some choice words to him," the alleged victim told the Alestle. "Then he punched me in the face."
The alleged victim said she tried to fight back, but another person had came between her and Parks. Parks then allegedly tried to hit her a second time but missed, she said.
According to the victim, she was then picked up and carried to the parking lot. At that time, she allegedly tried to ask people for Parks' name, but no one would tell her.
"(Turney) wouldn't tell me because it would be disloyal to the fraternity," the alleged victim said. "Finally, a girl there gave me Parks' business card. He apparently gave it to her earlier."
When the alleged victim said she was going to call the police, members of Omega Psi Phi then allegedly gave Parks directions to leave and avoid running into police.
After Parks left, the police came, and the victim filed an official report and gave the police Parks' business card. The police then called Parks' cell phone and asked him to return.
When Parks returned to Devon Court, he allegedly claimed it was the victim who attacked him. Allegedly, no one in the fraternity admitted to witnessing the incident, but the alleged victim claims there were at least 10 people who saw it.
Parks was arrested for battery and taken to the Edwardsville Police Department where he posted the $100 cash bond.
A 21-year-old woman came to SIUE from Chicago for Omega Psi Phi's March Down with two other women. One of the women was familiar with Harold Turney, a member of the fraternity.
After the March Down, the alleged victim said there was a "get together" at 12 Devon Court in Edwardsville where alcohol was being served.
While leaving, the alleged victim claimed Michael A. Parks, a member of Omega Psi Phi, lifted her skirt up while walking to her car in the rear parking lot.
"I turned around and said some choice words to him," the alleged victim told the Alestle. "Then he punched me in the face."
The alleged victim said she tried to fight back, but another person had came between her and Parks. Parks then allegedly tried to hit her a second time but missed, she said.
According to the victim, she was then picked up and carried to the parking lot. At that time, she allegedly tried to ask people for Parks' name, but no one would tell her.
"(Turney) wouldn't tell me because it would be disloyal to the fraternity," the alleged victim said. "Finally, a girl there gave me Parks' business card. He apparently gave it to her earlier."
When the alleged victim said she was going to call the police, members of Omega Psi Phi then allegedly gave Parks directions to leave and avoid running into police.
After Parks left, the police came, and the victim filed an official report and gave the police Parks' business card. The police then called Parks' cell phone and asked him to return.
When Parks returned to Devon Court, he allegedly claimed it was the victim who attacked him. Allegedly, no one in the fraternity admitted to witnessing the incident, but the alleged victim claims there were at least 10 people who saw it.
Parks was arrested for battery and taken to the Edwardsville Police Department where he posted the $100 cash bond.
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