Joliet Woman Insists She Did Not Try Running Over Man In Their Driveway On Highland Ave: Prosecutors

JOLIET, IL — Kimberely Linsey, a 48-year-old Joliet woman who was arrested by the Joliet police and is now being prosecuted on charges of aggravated battery, aggravated assault and domestic battery, must stay in the Will County Jail indefinitely now that Will County Judge Donald DeWilkins has approved the prosecution's petition to deny pretrial release under the SAFE-T-Act.

According to the prosecution's filing, around 7 p.m. on Monday, Joliet police officers Thunherst and Gomez responded to the house in the 1400 block of Highland Avenue regarding a person struck by a vehicle; Joliet police were also told of arguing between a woman and a man.

At the scene, the victim told Joliet police how he was arguing with Linsey, his girlfriend. He told the officers how "Linsey had been drinking and wanted to leave from the residence in his vehicle ... he stood behind the vehicle in an attempt to keep Linsey from leaving the scene in his vehicle ... Linsey continued backing towards him placing him in fear for his life .... He then struck the rear windshield after he was hit by the vehicle before running around to the front of the vehicle."

The victim indicated he was still trying "to keep Linsey from pulling forward to leave the scene again before the vehicle hit him a second time, this time pushing him into the garage and onto the hood of the vehicle ... he struck the front windshield with the garden tool because he was in fear for his life again," the court files show.

Joliet police noted how the victim "was visibly bleeding from the right foot and right elbow. (He) was seen by Joliet Fire Department paramedics before signing a refusal."

Joliet police found the black BMW sedan parked in the driveway with a damaged rear windshield and a damaged front windshield. There were visible dents to the front hood.

As for Linsey, the court files indicate that Joliet police found her inside the front driver's seat of the BMW and she spoke with Officer Villegas. She told him how "she had a verbal altercation with (the man) before he hit the vehicle with a garden tool. Linsey denied attempting to run (him) over."

Joliet police then put her handcuffs at 7:19 p.m. and after she was read her Miranda rights at the police station, "Linsey declined to make any statements ... Lieutenant Payne ... approved one felony count for aggravated battery at 9:45 p.m.," prosecutors outlined for Judge DeWilkins.

As for the charges, the criminal complaint indicates Linsey used the black BMW sedan to strike the man about the body with the motor vehicle, that she knowingly drove the black BMW sedan in reverse towards the man while he was behind the vehicle and that she caused bodily harm to him by striking his body with the motor vehicle.

As for Linsey, she will remain in the Will County Jail, and her next pretrial hearing is not until Aug. 19 in Courtroom 405 of Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak.