Glen Ellyn Man Who "Mercilessly" Beat His Dad Gets 10-Year Sentence: Police

GLEN ELLYN, IL — A Glen Ellyn man who is charged with violently beating his father has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after a bench trial that lasted three days. Charles Mitchell, 27, of 677 Roosevelt Road in Glen Ellyn was arrested in June 2016 for allegedly attacking his father in what he claimed was self-defense.

Mitchell was arrested on June 14, 2016 after police responded to a report of domestic violence at America's Best Value Inn, where Mitchell was living with his father and brother. Upon arrival, police found that Mitchell's father with a broken jaw, three missing teeth and a lacerated ear. The attack landed the victim in a local hospital for a week.

State's Attorney Robert B. Berlin said, "On June 14, 2016, Charles Mitchell mercilessly beat his own father following a squabble with his brother over a cell phone. When he was finished, Mitchell, who claimed self-defense in the attack, left his father in a pool of blood and so badly injured that he spent the next week in a hospital in a drug-induced coma. Today, Mr. Mitchell learned that he will spend the next ten years behind bars for administering a brutal attack that nearly killed his father. I would like to thank Assistant State’s Attorneys Bethany Jackson and Megan McGuire Bachman for their efforts in holding Mr. Mitchell responsible for the injuries he inflicted upon his own father.”

Mitchell has to serve 85% of his sentence before he is eligible to be released on parole.

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