Man Charged with Domestic Battery | Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney

A 34 year-old Mt. Prospect man is being held in lieu of $250,000 bond, accused of choking and beating a woman and telling her that he would “kill her or bury her alive” after she told him she wanted to end their relationship.

According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, Joseph L. Lopez Jr., grabbed the woman and pushed her into her car, striking her with a closed fist after she tried to break off their two year relationship. Lopez threatened the woman, telling her he would “kill her or bury her alive” if she did not continue dating him. He also told her he would “drive her to Chicago and dissolve her body” if she tried calling police.

Prosecutors told the court that Lopez also slammed the woman’s head into the center console of the car. He choked her until she lost consciousness. When she came to, she told Lopez she would continue to see him and he let her go.

She then drove herself to a hospital, where she was diagnosed with internal injuries, including a lacerated liver. The woman also had several clumps of hair missing from her scalp. Lopez was taken into custody three days after the incident when police found him in the 1400 block of Brownstone Court in Mount Prospect. He threatened to shoot police and then turn the gun on himself, according to a Cook County Sheriff’s report. Lopez has been charged with two counts of domestic battery.

If you have been charged with domestic battery, or any other serious crime, you need to retain the services of an experienced Chicago criminal defense attorney. Depending on mandatory sentencing guidelines and past criminal history, a guilty finding could mean a prison sentence.