A Sleepy Hollow man being held in the Kane County jail on charges he sexually assaulted a 19-year-old woman and stabbed her and her brother has been moved to a state prison facility after being involved in five altercations with jail guards resulting in nearly two dozen new charges.
Fabian J. Torres, 32, had been in the St. Charles-based jail since being arrested April 9 on two dozen charges related to his entering an unlocked house in Sleepy Hollow armed with a knife, duct tape, pepper spray and other items, committing the sexual attack and then stabbing the woman and her 17-year-old brother as he freed his sister, according to prosecutors.
His altercations with jail staff began Sept. 9, when Torres allegedly created a shank from small golf pencils he bundled together with a shampoo label and used it to attack two corrections officers, a news release from Sheriff Ron Hain said. The officers received minor injuries, and Torres was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer.
That was followed three days later by a incident in which officers had to pepper spray Torres when he refused to be handcuffed in his cell and struck one of the officers, the release said. He was charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, resisting a peace officer and five counts of resisting a peace officer.
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The other incidents were:
Sept. 14: The Kane County Jail Corrections Response Team was called in after Torres allegedly again refused to be handcuffed and began putting toilet paper over the windows of his cell, the release said. After punching one of the officers, they had to use a stun gun on him twice in order to restrain him, the release said. He was charged with one count of aggravated battery to a peace officer and three counts of resisting a peace officer.
Sept. 16: Torres allegedly began slamming his mattress against his cell window and then tried to barricade his cell door with it when the corrections response team tried to come in, the release said. Officers pepper sprayed him when he refused to comply with orders and he responded by throwing urine and feces at them, the release said. Torres was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer and five counts of resisting a peace officer.
Sept. 17: When an officer used a cell feed slot to give Torres a cup of water he had requested, Torres threw a cup of urine at him that he had been hiding under his suicide smock, the release said. Officers fired several rounds of pepper spray into his cell but that did not prevent him from fighting efforts to handcuff him, the release said. Charges are expected to be filed after a review is conducted by jail staff and the state’s attorney’s office, the release said.
Because Torres was on parole at the time of the April 9 incident, the sheriff’s office corrections staff worked with the Illinois Department of Corrections to have him charged with a parole violation, Hain said. The state took him into custody Sept. 20.
“Sheriff Hain acknowledges that despite the many reformative programs now offered in the jail, there is a certain percentage of the incarcerated population that presents great safety risks to the jail staff,” the release said. “He commends the professionalism and perseverance of his corrections officers in the face of extreme danger, as well as their ability to work as a team to minimize risks to the facility.”