Not Practice Related Incidents Draw Charges
A complaint filed by the Illinois Administrator involves two incidents as well as alleged failure to respond to the Administrator’s lawful demand for information
On December 26, 2021, Respondent went to the house of his then-girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend, K.O., in Addison, Illinois. When Respondent arrived at K.O.’s home, he was wearing a suit and tie, a black winter hat, gloves, and a N-95 mask over his face. Respondent walked up to the front door and pulled a screwdriver from his coat pocket. Respondent then attempted to open the front door by using the door handle. When the door did not open, Respondent forcefully kicked the front door three times. When there was no answer, Respondent put the screwdriver back inside his pocket, and knocked on the front door. When K.O. came to the entrance of his home, he yelled through the closed door, “Who are you?” Respondent told K.O., “Let me in.” K.O. asked Respondent two more times to identify himself, but Respondent continued to tell K.O. to let him inside. As K.O. opened the front door, Respondent stepped onto the ledge of the doorway, between the storm door and the front door, in an attempt to force himself inside K.O.’s home. K.O. told Respondent, “This is not your home man. Get out of here!,” while pushing Respondent out of his doorway and off the step. Respondent then attempted to walk back to the front door and K.O. stopped him again, before going inside and closing the door.
At approximately 7:30 a.m. on December 26, 2021, officers from the Addison Police Department responded to the scene. While at the scene, officers viewed footage from K.O.’s Ring doorbell camera, which caught the altercation described…above, on video. K.O. informed Addison police that he wanted Respondent removed from his property, and Respondent was arrested.
On December 26, 2021, K.O. received several calls from a number that showed up on his phone as “No Caller ID.” When K.O. answered one of the calls, Respondent stated it was, “the person from this morning.” K.O.’s roommate began recording K.O. as he spoke on the phone to Respondent. During the conversation, Respondent repeatedly threatened K.O. and made statements including, but not limited to: “You’re in danger,” “I will ruin your life,” and “If you ever find out my name, it’s gonna be really bad for you.” K.O. reported Respondent’s calls to the Addison Police Department on that date.
Charges of battery and disorderly persons were pending as of the filing of the complaint.
The other incident alleged in the complaint
On January 4, 2022, at approximately 12:00 a.m., Respondent woke his then-girlfriend, M.N., from sleeping. From that time into the early morning, Respondent continuously made threats to kill M.N. and himself. During this time period, M.N. observed that Respondent had multiple bottles of prescription medications and Respondent told M.N. that he planned to take an entire bottle of Vicodin to kill himself.
At approximately 3:00 a.m. on January 4, 2022, M.N. attempted to escape from Respondent’s apartment, but Respondent stopped M.N. before she reached the front door and made her sit on the couch. Respondent then grabbed a knife and attempted to cut his wrist. M.N. made a second attempt to escape and ran out of the apartment, screaming for help. Respondent chased M.N. into the hallway, tackled her, and brought her back into his apartment. Shortly thereafter, M.N. was able to retrieve her cell phone to call 911 and fled the apartment again. At that time, a security guard from Respondent’s apartment building met M.N. in the hallway, while investigating reports from the building’s other tenants that screaming and banging was heard coming from the floor Respondent lived on. Shortly thereafter, officers with the Chicago Police Department arrived, but Respondent stated that he did not feel like hurting himself and officers left the scene.
On the morning of January 4, 2022, Respondent repeatedly called M.N. after she left his apartment. When M.N. answered one of the calls, she heard Respondent crying and making drowning noises. Respondent told M.N. that he was stuck in the bathtub and needed help getting out. Because Respondent had threatened to kill himself by drowning, M.N. returned to the apartment building. When M.N. entered the apartment, Respondent was laying on the floor of his bathroom. M.N. asked Respondent to go to the emergency room, but he refused. Respondent then stood up, cornered M.N., and threatened to kill her and himself if she left his apartment again. When threatened, M.N. called the building security for help. Respondent allowed M.N. to leave the apartment, but continued to tell her “I’m going to kill you,” and “I’m going to ruin your life,” as she left.
M.N. received a plenary order of protection; the matter was pending when the Administrator’s complaint was filed. (Mike Frisch)