Blackberry Twp. man charged after kicking deputy: police

ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP – A Blackberry Township man was charged with felony aggravated battery of a police officer by allegedly kicking him, according to Kane County Sheriff’s reports and court records.

Arthur E. Carlson 48, of the 42W000 block of Keslinger Road, Blackberry Township, also was charged Sept. 21 with felony aggravated resisting a police officer, two counts of misdemeanor domestic battery and misdemeanor resisting a police officer, court and sheriff’s records show.

Deputies were first called to the Keslinger Road address at 10:45 p.m. in response to a domestic incident, the report stated.

The victim told deputies that Carlson pushed him down on the driveway, causing an injury and bleeding to his left elbow, the report stated.

When deputies attempted to take Carlson into custody, “he immediately pulled away and tensed his arms,” the report stated.

Three deputies placed Carlson on the back of a squad car using two sets of handcuffs to cuff his hands behind him, the report stated. Eventually, deputies put Carlson in the back of a patrol car, “and Arthur kneed (a deputy) in the groin,” the report stated.

Carlson then said his right shoulder hurt and he “would scream and ask for his phone,” the report stated.

After taking him to jail, the deputy did not read Carlson his rights “due to his intoxication and when I asked him how his shoulder was at the jail, he said it was fine,” the report stated.

Carlson’s bond was set at $7,500 and he was released after posting $750 or 10%, records show. The terms of his release required that he stay away from the victim and the Keslinger Road address, according to court records.

Carlson also was charged in separate but related filings in June, September and October.

On June 15, Carlson was charged with two counts of misdemeanor domestic battery. According to the charging documents, Carlson punched the victim in the face.

Carlson was released on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond. The terms of his bond required that he have no contact with the victim or entry at the same Keslinger address for 72 hours, records show.

On Sept. 27, as the previous two cases were pending, sheriff’s deputies again were called to the Keslinger Road address and Carlson was charged with violating the terms of his bond by having contact with the victim, a misdemeanor, according to the charging documents.

Court records show his bond was set at $20,000; he posted $1,970 and was released Oct. 1. The terms of this bond required that he stay away from the victim and the Keslinger address.

On Oct. 3, Carlson and another man, Collin Moore, 46, of the 42W000 block of Keslinger Road, Blackberry Township, both were charged with felony trespass to a residence in the 700 block of Samantha Circle, and two counts of misdemeanor battery and criminal damage to property, Geneva, police and court records show.

According to a Geneva police report, officers were called to a house on Samantha Circle about 6 p.m. on Oct. 2.

Carlson and Moore had dropped off a table saw belonging to the resident that morning, but returned to confront the resident over comments he had allegedly made regarding a family member of Moore’s and approximately $1,300 that he owed to Carlson, the report stated.

The resident told officers he owed the money, offered to make payments and asked them to leave, but they began beating on his front door, the report stated.

According to the Samatha Circle resident, both Carlson and Moore entered his home against his will and all three fought, according to the report.

During the prolonged scuffle, the home’s front door was damaged, a backyard grill was turned over, a running water hose was placed in the air conditioning unit and the garage door was hanging off its hinges, an estimated $1,000 in damage, the report stated.

Also while in the home, Carlson and Moore destroyed six to seven canned alcoholic beverages by throwing them at the floor and the furniture, the report stated.

The resident managed to push them out of his house and lock his door, but both returned a half hour later and used the hole in the door to unlock it and enter the home for a second time, the report stated.

Carlson’s bond was set at $30,000. He posted $3,000 or 10% as bail to be released, with the terms including that he stay away from Moore, the Samantha Circle address and its resident.

Carlson is scheduled to appear in court on all the charges Oct. 15.

Moore was released on bond and ordered to have no entry at the Samantha Circle address or its resident, records show.

Moore is scheduled to appear in court Oct. 13.

Court records did not show an attorney of record for either man in the most recent charges. Attorneys representing Carlson in the earlier charges did not immediately return messages seeking comment.