$50,000 Bail Set for Man Accused of Injuring Geneva Cop

GENEVA, IL - A 33-year-old DeKalb man accused of losing his temper and injuring a Geneva cop now faces several charges.

Matthew A. Wade, 33, of the 1500 block of Holmes Drive, has been charged with aggravated assault of a police officer, resisting or obstructing a police officer causing injury, criminal damage to property and assault.

The charges stem from a February incident involving Wade who went to a Mobil gas station on East State shortly before midnight to talk with a woman who had broken up with him, according to a DeKalb Daily Chronicle article. He backed his truck into the woman’s car and when police pulled him over, he was allegedly hostile and shouted profanities at officers.

When he lost his temper again in the back of a squad car, officers pulled him out of the vehicle to put him in restraints, according to the Daily Chronicle. This is when he allegedly injured an officer’s finger.

Wade was arrested on Feb. 17 and remained in custody at the Kane County Adult Justice Center as of Friday afternoon, according to online jail records. His bail has been set at $50,000.

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