A 29-year-old Aurora man is accused of being in a bar fight in Montgomery and then driving away from the scene while drunk.
Juan L. Perez, 29, of the 400 block of Fourth Street, Aurora, was charged early Sunday morning with armed violence and aggravated battery after he was involved in a bar fight at 1:25 a.m. on the 200 block of Montgomery Road, according to Montgomery police reports.
Perez is accused of striking another person inside the bar, then bringing out a knife, according to police reports. Everyone involved in the incident was treated at the scene, according to police.
Perez drove away from the bar and was later stopped by Montgomery police for an undisclosed reason, according to the reports. He was subsequently charged with drunken driving in addition to the bar fight charges.
Kane County records show Perez is charged with one count of driving under the influence of alcohol, a class A misdemeanor, and one count of driving under the influence of alcohol with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 or higher.
The armed violence charge is a class X felony, records show.
In 2006 in Kane County, Perez pleaded guilty to unlawful restraint and was sentenced to 52 days in county jail plus 24 months probation.
He is next scheduled to appear in court at 9 a.m. Dec. 7 in Room 313 at the Kane County courthouse in St. Charles.
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