Car Rammed In Braidwood, Local Resident Charged: Sheriff

BRAIDWOOD, IL — The Will County State's Attorney's Office of Jim Glasgow has filed one count of reckless conduct and two counts of criminal damage to property against Joshua Edgeworth, a 33-year-old Braidwood man accused of ramming his vehicle into the back of a woman's car.

This week's criminal complaint resulted from a Will County Sheriff's Office investigation. Edgeworth is accused of endangering the safety of the woman by accelerating into the back of her vehicle on July 10. The criminal damage to property charge indicates Edgeworth damaged the woman's vehicle, and he damaged her Samsung cellphone.

Edgeworth lives in the 200 block of South School Street, according to a Will County bench warrant issued by Judge Fred Harvey authorizing his arrest. Harvey set bail at $7,500 for the Braidwood resident.

As of Thursday, Edgeworth had not been taken into Will County's custody.