2 Hit With Lumber In Stickney Township Home Invasion: Police

COOK COUNTY, IL – A Chicago man on federal probation for bank robbery broke into a home in unincorporated Stickney Township, where he hit two residents with a piece of lumber, Cook County Sheriff’s Police said. Alexander Villamil, 35, is charged with home invasion, a class X felony.

Around 1 p.m. Wednesday, sheriff’s police responded to a home invasion in the 7100 block of West 74th Street, where two residents had reportedly been assaulted. Officers were provided with a description of a suspect. A man was found inside the home intoxicated, sheriff’s police said.

Detectives learned that the 66-year-old homeowner answered the front door, believing it was a relative. Instead, the homeowner encountered a man, later identified as Villamil, holding a piece of lumber.

When the homeowner tried to shut the door, police said Villamil forced his way into the residence and hit the homeowner with the piece of lumber he was carrying. A 20-year-old woman, who lived there, was also battered by Villamil, police said.

He was taken into custody with the assistance of Bridgeview police, where it was later learned that Villamil was on federal probation for bank robbery. Villamil appeared Friday in bond court at the Bridgeview Courthouse, where bail was set at $100,000.