Man Who Urinated On Movie Patrons Faces 2 Felonies: Complaint

NEW LENOX, IL - It may qualify as the most repulsive crime of Will County for the month of January. A 20-year-old man from Joliet, Samuel Vigil, drove to New Lenox on Jan. 14 to attend a late night movie showing at the AMC Showplace. Inside the dark theater, while the rest of the crowd was captivated by the action on the screen, Vigil stood up and began urinating on the people seated in front of him, according to the criminal complaint. The New Lenox Police Department was summoned to the theater in the 1300 block of West Maple Avenue, and officers arrested Vigil although he was released on bond.

On Thursday, Feb. 15, the Will County State's Attorney's Office filed not just one but two aggravated battery charges against Vigil. Both are felonies. The criminal complaint states that Vigil "knowingly made physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature ... at AMC Showplace ... in that said defendant urinated on (two women)."

A Will County arrest warrant was issued Thursday for Vigil's apprehension.

If Vigil fails to surrender to the authorities of Will County within the next 30 days, he will forfeit his $1,000 in bond that he posted last fall. Vigil got arrested last Oct. 29 by the Joliet Police Department on a felony offense of unlawful possession of drugs and two misdemeanor crimes, having drug paraphernalia and operating a motor vehicle without registration. He spent two days in jail before posting 10 percent of his $10,000 bail.

So where is Vigil now? According to criminal court records, Vigil lives in the 600 block of Joliet's North Larkin Avenue.

October 2017 file mugshot of Samuel Vigil via Will County Sheriff's Department