Car Hit Joliet Tavern On Raynor Ave., Joliet Man Tried To Run Over Private Security Guard: Complaint

JOLIET, IL — A 27-year-old Joliet man has just regained his freedom after spending the past two days in the Will County Jail following his Joliet police arrest in connection with an automobile incident at a Joliet tavern. The Will County prosecutors are accusing of Roiber Hernandez-Lira, who also goes by Robert, is accused of using his car as a dangerous weapon more than two months ago.

On Aug. 8, he operated a light blue Hyundai in a manner that placed the person in reasonable apprehension of being struck by a moving vehicle in that Hernandez-Lira accelerated his motor vehicle and drove it into a door of a building where Juan Carlos Alejandre was standing, the court files show.

In total, the defendant faces three aggravated assault charges.

The second charge indicates that Hernandez-Lira knew the person he was trying to run over to be a private security officer who was assaulted in retaliation for performing his official duties.

The third assault charge indicates the private security guard was at a place of public accommodation, the Mil Amores Sports Bar at 1527 N. Raynor Street, when the defendant drove his car into the door of the Joliet building where the victim was standing.

The warrant for Hernandez-Lira's arrest from this week indicates he lives in the 200 block of Joliet's Union Street.