Crest Hill Defendant Too Dangerous To Release From Jail: Judge
CREST HILL — A 40-year-old Crest Hill man staying in the 2300 block of Gaylord Road will remain in the Will County Jail after Judge Donald DeWilkins deemed Matthew Kealey too dangerous of a person to let out of jail.
Last week, Crest Hill police arrested Kealey on two charges of aggravated battery and two counts of domestic battery. The criminal complaint indicates Kealey attacked a man who is more than 60 years old.
According to the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office petition to deny pretrial release:
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At 1:59 a.m. on Oct. 3, Crest Hill police were called to the house on Gaylord Road for a domestic.
At first, Kealey called 911 dispatchers, claiming a man threw him to the ground. However, while police cars were headed to the house, another 911 call was made. This time, it was the defendant’s mother. She advised that Kealey was intoxicated and causing problems. She notified authorities that the victim was bleeding, but did not need medical attention.
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Crest Hill police spoke with Kealey at the scene, and they asked what happened.
“I don’t know. Shit just popped off fast,” he remarked, according to court files.
Kealey claimed he asked the victim a question and the victim attacked him by holding Kealey’s throat. However, police found no marks on Kealey’s throat but “blood all over the front top portion of his jeans, on his hands, and on the watch that he was wearing,” the petition outlined.
Kealey claimed the blood on his pants came from his finger, but Crest Hill police saw no injuries to the defendant.
As for the 64-year-old victim, the man held a towel to his forehead and had a significant amount of blood on his T-shirt. He also had a deep laceration on his forehead above his right eye. A Lockport Township ambulance was summoned.
The victim told police that Kealey pushed him across the room and slammed him into the entertainment cabinet. As the victim struggled on the floor, Kealey called him names and threatened to cut him with a knife in his hands, prosecutors informed Judge DeWilkins.
Kealey’s victim was taken to St. Joe’s hospital by Lockport ambulance, authorities said.
The victim’s wife told Crest Hill police that Kealey was going through a divorce and has been staying at their house.
“Defendant has recently been at a mental health facility and claims he is bipolar and an alcoholic,” prosecutors noted.
On the night of last week’s attack, Kealey was out the house from 10:30 p.m. until 1:45 a.m. and he began yelling and raising his voice upon his return, court records indicate.
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Kealey took off his shirt and began calling the victim a bitch, pulling out his pocket knife and threatening to harm the victim, the petition outlined. Kealey pushed the victim into a TV stand, causing the injury to the older man’s forehead.
Kealey admitted to the police that he pushed the man down, that the man deserved it, and “if he had to do it all over again, he wouldn’t change anything,” prosecutors informed the judge.
The victim’s injuries required two internal stitches and five external stitches. The victim told the police that Kealey attacked him on one prior occasion.
According to prosecutors, Kealey’s criminal past includes a pending February charge of DUI and past convictions for battery, resisting a peace officer, DUIs in 2006 and 2003, and a 2002 battery.
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