JOLIET, Ill. — Charges have been filed against a Joliet police detective accused of injuring a woman during a confrontation at a home over the weekend while he was off-duty.
According to Joliet police, 41-year-old Peter Ranstead, a Joliet Police Department Detective who was off duty at the time of the incident, has been charged with two counts of domestic battery and one count of interference with the reporting of domestic violence.
The charges stem from an incident that allegedly unfolded just after 12 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12, when officers were called to a residence in the 1100 block of Woodiris Drive on a report of a domestic disturbance.
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After arriving on the scene, authorities learned that an argument had broken out between Ranstead and a woman inside the residence.
Officers said during the argument, Ranstead allegedly grabbed the woman by her shoulders and forced her toward the doorway of a second-story bedroom. He then allegedly pushed the victim out of the room, causing her to hit her head on a door frame.