Those Who Are Believed To Have Trespassed Against Us

The Illinois Administrator has filed a complaint alleging misconduct 

On June 20, 2023, Respondent approached R.G. on the sidewalk at the approximate location of 830 South Washington Avenue in Park Ridge. When Respondent approached R.G., Respondent incorrectly believed that R.G. had trespassed on Respondent’s property. With a golf club in his hand, Respondent ordered R.G. to stop walking. R.G. refused, and Respondent struck R.G. in the arm with the golf club. R.G. attempted to walk past Respondent, and Respondent struck R.G. in head with the golf club. In striking R.G.’s head with the golf club, Respondent fractured R.G.’s skull and caused R.G. permanent hearing loss. After Respondent struck R.G. with the golf club, R.G. fled toward his home, located within a block of where Respondent struck R.G. with the golf club. When R.G. arrived to an area in front of his house, he fell to the ground. R.G.’s parents saw R.G. laying on the ground, bleeding from his head, and called police. Park Ridge police arrived on scene within minutes of R.G.’s parents’ call and observed R.G. laying on the ground.

Between June 20, 2023 and July 24, 2023, Park Ridge Police investigated Respondent’s actions, described...above. On July 24, 2023, following their investigation, Park Ridge police placed Respondent under arrest for battering R.G.. On August 4, 2023, a grand jury sitting in Cook County issued a true bill charging Respondent with six counts of aggravated battery, one count of aggravated unlawful restraint, and one count of unlawful restraint – all felony charges. The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County assigned the matter a case number 23 CR 0862801.

At trial

On January 16, 2024, February 14, 2024, April 24, 2024, and June 5, 2024, The Honorable Paul Pavlus presided over a bench trial concerning the allegations in the eight-count complaint in case number 23 CR 0862801, described,,,above. Over the course of the trial, Judge Pavlus heard all of the witness testimony in the case and received all of the admissible evidence from the parties, including pictures of R.G.’s injuries. After receiving
all of the evidence, Judge Pavlus found Respondent guilty of Count Four (aggravated battery –great bodily harm) and not guilty on the remaining seven counts. On December 13, 2024, Judge Pavlus entered judgment on his finding of guilty and sentenced Respondent to conditional discharge for a term of 30 days.

(Mike Frisch)