Joliet Man Knifes Two During Fight, Police Say
A woman who tried to break up the altercation, which took place just outside the Will County Courthouse Tuesday night, was cut four times, according to Joliet police.
A Joliet man who allegedly stabbed a woman in the back four times as she tried to break up a fight between him and another man was charged with two counts of aggravated battery Tuesday.
The fight occurred shortly before 6 p.m. at 14 W. Jefferson St., just outside the Will County Courthouse, Joliet Police Cmdr. Rich Demick said. Officers called to the scene found a "slightly intoxicated" man with a stab wound who said he was cut by an "enemy," he said.
Shortly thereafter, Joliet police were called about a woman saying she, too, had been stabbed, Demick said. She identified Michael D. Smith, 49, of 323 N. Briggs Ave., as the man who inflicted her wounds; police located him in the area of Cass and Scott streets and took him into custody Tuesday night.
The woman told officers Smith and the male victim had gotten into an argument during which Smith pulled out a knife, Demick said. When she attempted to intervene, she said, Smith slashed her back four times, Demick said.
Both victims were taken to Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet for treatment. Details about of the male victim's wound were not available Wednesday.
There also was no information available on what motivated the fight, Demick said.
Smith is being held in the Will County jail in lieu of $60,000 bond.
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City of Joliet
150 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL -
Will County Courthouse
14 W Jefferson St, Joliet, IL -
Joliet Police Department
150 W Washington St, Joliet, IL -
Presence St. Joseph Medical Center
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Will County Adult Detention Center
95 S Chicago St, Joliet, IL
Outlaw
11:43 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Clucks
815crazy
1:47 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Hell yea Clucks gone wild watch they gone be on here talkin bout give him the dealth penalty
GlockG22Shoots40s
12:00 pm on Thursday, January 31, 2013
What, no complaint about how low the bond is for a guy who took a lethal weapon to two people? Only 60,000...
John Roberts
7:00 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Well maybe we should roll out the red carpet for the guy on his way to jail..Maybe we should of had the officers get him some breakfast too,get his slippers and open the news paper for him too..other wise it would be racist right?..Any man who slashes a woman in the back (means she had her back to him) deserves to be I jail ..That's like shooting someone in the back..Cowardly is how they called that back in the day..But gotta watch out cause Black on black on black violence is racist today...right?
815crazy
10:49 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
not saying that what he did was right n he should get what he deserves JOHN ROBERTS
Outlaw
4:45 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013
John Im done. It is official , you are a sissy.
boozer mcgee
7:26 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
DAMN! Joliet Police have had a rough January! Wait to the weather warms up, Gee-Wiz!
mzmostezzmayez
9:50 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Da most
Time Is Money
11:56 am on Friday, February 1, 2013
You did hear them say clucks right it doesn't. Matter if they said 600 or 6 mill grab a Snickers he'll be there for awhile no ones condoning what he did its just obvious that certain people tend to always have something to say when someone Black or Hispanic commits a crime but when the offender is Caucasian these certain few don't have anything to say
Outlaw
4:45 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013
Thank u
J Garcia
11:56 am on Friday, February 1, 2013
This guy here is a straight idiot. Like my pops always says u don't have to study or go to school to be a dumbass. Good thing
black butterfly98
8:33 pm on Sunday, February 3, 2013
Omg.. These 3 must of left consumer liquor store n walked across the street took a swigg out the bottle & realize there was no more.. Whos buying the next shot.. I guess JPD