A Geneva man accused of stabbing and slashing a homeowner during a March burglary attempt in the city was out on bond in a 2015 case at the time, according to court records.
Ronald D. Anderson, 43, was charged last month after an incident inside a Cape Way garage that left its male owner with multiple cuts that required medical attention. Anderson faces three counts of aggravated battery, and single counts of aggravated assault, residential burglary and armed violence.
Prosecutors allege Anderson wore a mask when he entered the garage March 18 with plans to commit a theft but then charged at the homeowner with a utility knife when confronted, court documents and published reports state.
Anderson, who remains in Kane County Jail in lieu of $500,000 bail, appeared in court Wednesday for a hearing at which a public defender was appointed to represent him in the case. He is scheduled to return to court later this month.
Next week, Anderson is expected to be back in court on a 2015 case in which he is charged with burglary and criminal trespass to a motor vehicle. Records show Geneva police arrested Anderson in October on allegations he entered a truck sitting in a Randall Road parking lot and took electrical wire, which was later found in his own vehicle, police said.
Anderson was released from custody on $15,000 bail after his wife posted bond for him, court documents state. Anderson applied — or was intending to — for a pretrial diversion program, but records do not indicate the status of that request. His last court appearance in the case was a little more than a week before his arrest in connection with the garage burglary.
Dan Campana is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.