3 Lake County inmates housed in McHenry County jail charged in jail fight that injured 2

Three Lake County jail inmates housed in the McHenry County jail as part of a yearlong agreement that began in January have been charged in a fistfight involving two alleged victims.

Jonathan Skroko, 26, of Elk Grove Village; Ryan May, 37, of Waukegan; and Jesus Vargas, 31, of Mundelein, each are charged with aggravated battery for an alleged fight that occurred at 3:47 p.m. May 25, according to criminal complaints filed in McHenry County court.

Vargas and May are accused of punching one man “several times with their fist[s]. May also is charged with striking a second man. Skroko is accused of striking one of the men “several times with his fist,” according to the complaints.

In April, five Lake County inmates were charged in a fight at the jail.

The McHenry County jail has been housing Lake County inmates since January after a one-year agreement was penned. The agreement is to house up to 150 inmates, and the county is paid $100 per inmate per day, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.