Underage Drinker Grabs Cop's Glasses and Flees, Police Say

Shortly after he was released by police with underage drinking tickets, a New Lenox resident grabbed glasses from an officer's face and fled the scene, police said.

Jerome Dudko, 20, of the 2800 block of Rebecca Lane, was arrested Aug. 7 and booked into the on charges of aggravated battery, disarming a peace officer, theft, damage to property and resisting arrest.

According to the report, only an hour earlier Dudko had been arrested in the Village Commons area. Police were called about about someone who was intoxicated. He was taken into custody and ticketed for underage possession of alcohol and consumption of alcohol.

He was released at about 11 p.m., and minutes later he was stopped for walking down the middle of Haven Avenue on his way to a home in the 500 block of Livingston Street. 

When the officer pulled up next to Dudko in his squad car, he rolled down his window and told Dudko to move to the sidewalk.

According to the report, Dudko turned and yelled obscenities. He then forcefully grabbed a pair of eyeglasses off the officer's face, police said, scratching the officer's eyes. Police said Dudko then fled the scene. 

Two other officers went to the Livingston Street home. Dudko answered the door and a scuffle occurred while they attempted to take him into custody, according to the report. Police said they found the glasses damaged at the house. 

Dudko was taken to the Will County Jail, where bail was set at $7,500. 

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