Macomb, Ill.- The Macomb Police Department has announced the arrest of a man for mob action and aggravated battery.
According to a news release, at about 9:50 PM Friday, May 26th Macomb Police officers were dispatched to 505 North Johnson Street in reference to an altercation that had occurred where someone had been stabbed.
An investigation determined that a couple had been walking in the 500 block of North Johnson street and were having a verbal argument.
Police say that Treshawn Howard, observed the argument and attempted to physically intervene and a fight ensued.
Howard, and possibly others, began beating the man and woman who were having the argument. During the fight, the suspects attacked the couple with a large speaker box.
The female, afraid for her life, used a knife to defend herself.
Howard was treated and released from the hospital, and arrested for Mob Action and Aggravated Battery.
The incident remains under investigation.
