Lockport Man Charged After Fighting Friend, Screaming At Officers

LOCKPORT, IL — A Lockport man has been arrested after fighting his friend in and resisting arrest in Lockport, police said. Jacob Nagel, 19, of the 600 block of Oak Street, has been charged with resisting an officer, battery and assault after an incident on May 2 in the 600 block of Oak.

The Will County Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to Oak Street at 5:39 a.m. Thursday for a disturbance. When deputies arrived, they saw Nagel in the street screaming obscenities. Deputies tried to calm him, but Nagel was incoherent and not listening to commands.

Police said he was taken into custody for his own safety, and he was kicking, screaming and spitting at officers. Through investigation, police learned Nagel and a female friend had been drinking when they got into an argument and he physically battered her and said he was going to kill her.

Police said he was taken into custody for the battery. Nagel also had a laceration on his eyebrow which he had obtained from a fight earlier in Joliet over an argument about a vape pen.

Nagel was booked into Will County Adult Detention Facility on Thursday and has been released. His next court date is June 3.

Nagel also had a previous charge in 2018 for domestic battery.