Plainfield Mansion Party: Case Closed After Reported Stabbing

PLAINFIELD, IL — Nearly a month after police were called to investigate a noise complaint and reports of a "wild party" that resulted in a stabbing at a home in the upscale Lakelands subdivision, they have closed the case due to a lack of suspects and insufficient cooperation by party-goers. According to police reports obtained by Patch through a Freedom of Information Act request, officers responding to a complaint of a loud party and underage drinking found hundreds of "teenage kids everywhere in the street" fleeing a home in the 13000 block of Wood Duck Drive at around 10:30 p.m. Sept. 29.

Some of the fleeing teens reported a "disturbance" in the pool area behind the home. As two officers made their way to the back of the house, juveniles began to flee the "packed" pool area. According to the report, an officer estimated 500 juveniles were at the party.

One 19-year-old party-goer told police he was "jumped by several unknown" suspects and claimed the party was already getting out of control when he saw "5 or 6 unknown (suspects) approaching the back door attempting to enter the residence." The man told police he asked the uninvited guests to leave, sparking a verbal argument during which one of the party crashers told him, "I will cap your ass," according to the police report.

The 19-year-old reportedly pulled out a pocket knife "in fear for his life," only to be put in a choke hold and taken to the ground, where he was allegedly kicked and punched by the unknown suspects, the report states. The report also notes that a 20-year-old party guest who saw the attack came to the 19-year-old's aid and was allegedly stabbed by a suspect, who had picked up the knife. The 20-year-old suffered a superficial cut "on the left side a little above the belt line." The men reportedly told police that party-goers who saw the altercation yelled "knife," prompting everyone at the house to flee.

Police said the altercation was over by the time officers got there, and "no party-goers could/would provide any offender information or wished to be in any way cooperative when the police arrived."

An ambulance took both the 20-year-old and the 19-year-old to Bolingbrook Hospital. Police said the latter had bruising on his head and face and a small laceration on his left arm.

Another 20-year-0ld who told police he lived at the home "apologized several times," saying he was one of the hosts of the party and it "got out of hand," police said.

Units from several other agencies, including Bolingbrook police and the Will County Sheriff's Office, also responded to the scene in response to a request for additional units from Plainfield police. An incident report indicates police were on the scene for about half-an-hour.

In a police report, an officer said he was unable to confirm the actual owner of the home, but was given the name of a man who also owns an area Dunkin' Donuts franchise.

A Lakelands resident who contacted Patch called the party "outrageous" and said one of the fleeing party-goers attempted to break into a neighbor's home the night of the party. Comments on the incident report note that a homeowner "just came back into the house and found her back door wide open" and that a "male teenager attempted to enter... the home. He does not belong there." The teen was seen running out the back gate of the home, according to the report.

Police reports do not list any arrests as a result of the party or the reported stabbing or attempted break-in.

The Lakelands homeowner also shared a copy of a reported party invitation that included a list of "Rules Of Mansion Party" instructing guests to wear black as part of a "blackout theme" and obey rules such as parking a block from the home, taking off their shoes before entering, "no smoking weed in the house, no cocaine," "no going into any bedrooms or unoccupied levels of the house," "do NOT use the elevator" and "if police do show up, EVERYONE MUST REMAIN CALM AND VERY QUIET."

The case was closed Oct. 24, more than a week after Patch submitted the FOIA request and nearly a month after the incident. In the case report, Plainfield Detective Sergeant Kevin McQuaid wrote, "On Tuesday, 10/24/2017 ... I reviewed the initial report and due to the lack of suspect information and the lack of cooperation from the subjects at the residence during the initial investigation, I administratively closed the case."

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