Will County Judge Releases Shorewood Teen From Jail, Police Find Blood Spatter Inside House

SHOREWOOD, IL — Will County Associate Judge Joan Meyers, who formerly served as legal counsel at the village of Plainfield for nearly 20 years, has rejected the Will County State's Attorney's Office petition to deny pretrial release for 19-year-old Shorewood defendant Ryan Dube, who was wrestled to the ground in his front yard by police officers while armed with a large knife last week, authorities said.

At the Will County Courthouse, Dube is charged with aggravated assault against a peace officer and two crimes of domestic battery. On Thursday, March 5, Dube swung a knife toward Shorewood police officer Ryan Schloesser, placing the officer in reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery while performing his official duties, according to the criminal complaint. Dube is also accused of striking his mother in the head and pushing her body.

According to the prosecution's petition to deny pretrial release, Shorewood police were called to the house in the 200 block of South Raven Road for a domestic around 2 p.m. last Thursday. Officer Schloesser heard screaming coming from the house, so he ran toward the front and saw Dube pushing his mother to the ground and standing over her, court files show.

The officer ordered Dube to the ground, but the 19-year-old stood still with his fists clenched; the officer tried to tackle Dube and both of them tumbled to the ground. Dube held a large gold knife in his right hand and held the knife over his left shoulder and "it appeared Ryan intended to stab him with the knife," prosecutors notified Judge Meyers.

As other Shorewood officers arrived, Schloesser yelled out that Dube had a knife and that's when veteran Shorewood Police Officer John Coldwater deployed his taser, court documents indicate.

Afterward, Shorewood police found a gold manual stiletto knife in the grass near Dube in the open position. Officer Schloesser was evaluated and he had no stab wounds to his body.

Meanwhile, Officer Carter Colhardt went to the home to interview Dube's brother, Sean, who indicated he saw Ryan punch and slap their mother which caused her glasses to fall off and land on the floor. The brother was responsible for calling 911. As for Ryan Dube's mother, she told the officer that she got into an argument with her son, Ryan, about laundry baskets. She followed Ryan upstairs to his room and in front of his room, she told Ryan to stop yelling and he pushed her away, prosecutors noted.

Ryan then hit his mother with his elbow above her right eyebrow, court files show. When she went downstairs to open the door for Shorewood police, Ryan exited the house with a knife as he pushed her outside into the front yard, court files show.

Officers found redness on the woman's face and a cut to her left-hand finger that she believed came from her son's knife. Officer Colhardt found blood spatter on the kitchen wall, blood spatter on the tile near the front door, the carpet on the stairs and on the railing.

Ryan Dube's mother later showed the officers a Ring camera video that showed her teenage son exit the home with a knife in his right hand raised above his head and chasing her out of the home, prosecutors pointed out for the judge.

"Ryan then pushes (her) to the ground and stands over her with a knife. Officer Schloesser arrives and takes Ryan to the ground and while on his back, Ryan swings his right hand with the knife in a downward motion toward Officer Schloesser's back," prosecutors noted.

Shorewood police interviewed Ryan Dube to learn his version of events. He told them an argument ensued over the laundry baskets and he confronted his mother. He walked upstairs and while upstairs, he admitted to striking his mother multiple times with a closed fist to her face, prosecutors noted.

"Ryan stated he has anger issues and then struck himself repeatedly in the head with an open hand while stating, 'I know I f***** up towards the end. I f***** grabbed a knife. I don't know why I grabbed a knife," court documents noted.

The arresting officers saw a cut to Ryan's wrist, his big toe on his right foot and two small cuts on his left elbow and red marks on his right shoulder.

On Sunday morning, Judge Meyers ordered Dube freed from the Will County Jail. Meyers was serving as this weekend's rotating holiday court judge.

Dube's next hearing at the courthouse is set for April 6.