Man Charged In Great America Attack On The Run Again

GURNEE, IL – For the second time in less than a month, a Waukegan man charged in a September 2017 attack at Great America has become a fugitive while out on pretrial bond. Chicago Tribune reports an arrest warrant for 18-year-old Gregory Battle was issued Thursday by Judge Mark Levitt, who said "No bond. Returnable only to me," during the hearing.

According to Assistant State's Attorney John Brown, a bond servies personel said Battle was supposed to be going to a drug treatment inpatient stay at a Carbondale facility, but disappeared when he told authorities he was going home Thursday morning to get some things before heading to rehab.

The newspaper says this happened after Levitt lowered Battle's bond on Monday from $50,000 to $20,000 following a May 2 arrest on a previous no-bond warrant, when Battle didn't show up to court after officials say he failed a drug test. Levitt lowered Battle's bond to allow him to leave the Lake County jail to go to the impatient program, Chicago Tribune reports.

Battle was missing for nearly a week before he was spotted and taken into custody on May 2 by officers in the area of Jackson and Washington Streets, according to Waukegan Police Cmdr. Joe Florip.

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Following the Sept. 23 incident at Great America in Gurnee, the newspaper says Battle was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated battery in a public place, which if convicted could give him two to five years in prison.

Nine suspects including Battle were taken into custody at the amusement park following the attack on a family of three. The rest of the group, all juveniles between the ages of 15 and 17 were taken to Depke Juvenile Complex Center in Vernon Hills, the newspaper reports.

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