Beating nets Prospect Heights man jail time

A Prospect Heights man accused of bashing a 14-year-old boy with a golf club entered a guilty plea Thursday at the Rolling Meadows courthouse. Mario Vasquez, 35, of 509 Love Drive, was charged with aggravated battery for the attack last fall. Vasquez asked the teenager if he was in a gang, and when the boy said no, he hit him on the head twice, authorities said. The injury required multiple staples. Vasquez was sentenced to 200 days in Cook County jail and is required to pay a $425 fine.