GRANITE CITY – Two Granite City men with prior domestic battery convictions face new charges in their second and fourth domestic battery cases.
Brian P. Watts, 33, of Granite City, was charged on Aug. 11, 2025 with two Class 2 felony counts of aggravated domestic battery, as well as his second or subsequent offense of domestic battery, a Class 4 felony.
On Aug. 9, 2025, Watts allegedly struck a household or family member in the mouth with a closed fist, “causing two of the victim’s teeth to be forcibly knocked from her mouth,” according to charging documents. He was additionally accused of intentionally strangling the same victim…