Man With Rifle Denied Sex So He Shuts Off The Water: Prosecutor

ELWOOD, IL — A 32-year-old Elwood man who is accused of shutting off the water at his house because a woman there was denying him sexual intercourse, must now remain inside the Will County Jail after a judge determined that Dean Kutz Jr. is too dangerous to return to society.

Kutz, who comes from the 800 block of Laurel Road in the small community south of Joliet, is charged by the Will County State's Attorney's Office with aggravated restraint, unlawful restraint and obstructing a peace officer. Elwood police, with help from a Joliet police SWAT team, arrested him after a standoff on the morning of Dec. 8.

The complaint indicates that Kutz detained a woman at his Elwood house with a bludgeon, and that he knowingly obstructed Elwood Police Officer Anthony Lohmar by refusing to let the Elwood officer into his house to respond to a call for assistance.

According to the petition to deny pretrial release for Kutz, Assistant State's Attorney Tricia McKenna indicated the following events led to the Elwood man's arrest on Dec. 8:

• Elwood police were called to Laurel Drive, where Kutz was threatening people, and he told one woman that if she called the police, he would shoot her.

• Once the police officers arrived, Kutz went to his front door and asked why the police were there, telling them to get off his property or come back with a search warrant.
• Kutz then shut his door and refused to talk with the officers any further, police said.
• Several minutes later, officials said, Kutz opened his window and ordered the police off his property, and he told them he would get his rifle, that way the Elwood police could shoot him.
• "Dean then slammed the window shut and disengaged from the conversation," noted prosecutor McKenna.
• At that point, Elwood police moved away from Kutz's house and summoned help from the Joliet police SWAT team.
• Later, Elwood police later saw Kutz on the ground in the grass of his front lawn where "he was actively resisting officers while being taken into custody," the complaint indicated.

When Elwood police told Kutz they planned to take him to St. Joe's hospital for an involuntary committal, "Dean stated that he was not going to the hospital. Officers told Dean that he did not have a choice, and he needed to get out of the car and sit on the ambulance cot. Dean refused and said he was not going to the hospital."

After Kutz refused multiple commands to get out of the police car, "Dean began moving violently, kicking at officers and moving his head shoulders up and down towards officers and paramedics," McKenna informed the judge. "The officer held Dean back against the cot by his forehead while Elwood Fire Department restrained him to the cot. He was then placed into the ambulance."

Meanwhile, back at Kutz's house, Elwood police learned that the woman and her children were all safe. The victim told police that Kutz had become argumentative over text messages, and he began to break things throughout the home, according to court documents.

"He also shut the water off to the house because (she) would not have intercourse with him. As Dean was breaking items in the home, (she) informed Dean that she would call the police ... (Afterward) Dean returned to the room where she and the kids were and began to wave a gun around. Dean stated, 'Here is your reason to call the cops,'" the prosecutor stated.

The victim told Elwood police that Kutz pointed a gun at her and her children and when he went downstairs, she shut the bedroom door and called 911.

The woman told the officers that Kutz had three guns inside the home. Upstairs in the bedroom, police found a black and silver pistol, an AR-15 rifle under the bed and a pellet gun in the basement. The victim "stated that these items belong to Dean ... this black pellet gun was the pistol that Dean pointed at her," the complaint noted.

The silver and black pistol and the AR-15 rifle both had magazines loaded with ammunition, according to prosecutors.

"It should be noted that Dean does not have a concealed carry permit and his Firearm Owner's Identification Card also expired as of March 1, 2021."