Crime & Safety
Shorewood Teen Swings Knife Trying To Stab Police Officers After Beating His Own Mother: Chief Arnold
According to a witness, Ryan Dube slapped and punched his mother in the face and neck while verbally assaulting her, Shorewood police noted.
SHOREWOOD, IL — For the first time so far in 2026, the Shorewood Police Department has issued a press release in regard to a high-profile crime in the community. According to Friday's announcement from Police Chief Phil Arnold, the department arrested 19-year-old Ryan Dube and took him to the Will County Jail after he tried to stab the responding police officers sent to his family's house on South Ravinia Drive.
On Thursday afternoon, Chief Arnold noted, the officers responded to a 911 call in the 200 block of South Ravinia in regard to a domestic in progress. Officers arrived in less than two minutes and saw Dube striking and pushing his mother to the ground, then advancing towards her.
With no time to de-escalate, the first officer tackled Dube before he could continue his attack, Arnold noted.
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Once on the ground, Dube raised a knife and swung it towards the officer attempting to stab him, according to Shorewood police. The second officer that arrived stopped the knife attack. Officers were able to gain control of Dube and place him into custody. The officer and female victim were both evaluated by paramedics on the scene for injuries.
Further investigation revealed that the attack began in the home, where Dube, according to a witness, slapped and punched his mother in the face and neck while verbally assaulting her, Chief Arnold announced.
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The female victim attempted to escape by running out of the front door, but Dube chased her while holding a knife in his right hand. When he caught up to her, Dube kicked the female in her back, grabbed her and threw her to the ground, the chief noted.
After consultation with the Will County State’s Attorney’s Office, 19-year-old Ryan Dube has initially been charged with aggravated assault and two crimes of domestic battery.
Dube was transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility pending a pre-trial release hearing in compliance with the Illinois SAFE-T-Act, Shorewood police advised.
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