A Will County jail inmate deemed unfit for trial has again been charged with battering a guard, about a week after a judge ordered him to go to another facility for treatment.
A criminal complaint filed against Roger Thompson Jr., 29, of Romeoville accused him of striking a guard “about the head” and resisting the guard’s efforts to escort him through the detention facility.
Thompson previously was charged with striking two guards in the head Nov. 13.
Thompson has been in jail since Aug. 26. He was charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery, resisting a police officer and criminal damage to property in connection with a June 24 incident in Romeoville.
Thompson also was charged with aggravated battery and resisting a police officer in Joliet in 2019.
On June 30, Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak found Thompson unfit to stand trial after he underwent a fitness evaluation.
“The court further finds the defendant may be restored to fitness and remands him for transport to the custody of the Department of Human Services (DHS) for treatment and fitness restoration education,” Bertani-Tomczak’s order said.
Thompson remained in jail after the order was handed down.
Thompson’s evaluation previously had been delayed because of staffing problems with the Will County Court Services department, according to an April 30 motion from Thompson’s attorney, Sherri Hale, who has since become an associate judge.
On Wednesday, Thompson refused to come to court and no bond was set for him, which prevents his release from jail, court records show.
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