A Homer Glen man is accused of aggravated battery for an incident that took place at 7:37 a.m. on September 18. The kerfuffle took place in the Emergency Room at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox.
29-year old Logan Echols of the 13900 block of W. Acorn Ridge Drive, in Homer Glen, has been charged with aggravated Battery. The officer dispatched to the Silver Cross Hospital Emergency Room found that the complainant was a security officer with the hospital. The complainant stated a patient, Echols, became aggressive. Echols grabbed a security officer’s radio microphone and struck them in the eye with the microphone causing a laceration.
Echols then began to spit blood and saliva at the security officers. Two Lockport Police Officers were nearby and…