Inmate Throws Urine, Feces in Jailhouse Attacks: Police

KANE COUNTY, IL — A Sleepy Hollow man who is behind bars in a home invasion and sex assault case now faces several new charges after he allegedly attacked correctional officers at the Kane County Jail and threw urine and feces at them, authorities said Thursday. Following five recent jailhouse attacks, Fabian Torres, 32, has been transferred to an Illinois Department of Corrections facility.

During three of the incidents, correction officers sustained minor injuries, Kane County Sheriff's Office officials said Thursday. During the attacks, Torres was being held without bail at the Kane County Jail for breaking into a Sleepy Hollow home in April and sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman. He also allegedly stabbed the woman and her teenage brother who came her aid during the attack.

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The first jailhouse attack occurred on Sept. 9 when Torres crafted a shank by using a sticker from a shampoo bottle to hold two small golf pencils together and then attacked two corrections officers. The attacks continued in the days to follow and are detailed below:

• Sept. 9: Torres attacks two officers with the shank made from golf pencils. The 2.5-inch long golf pencils are the only writing utensils given to inmates, according to the Kane County Sheriff's Office statement Thursday. During a struggle, two corrections officers sustained minor injuries. Torres was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer.
• Sept. 12: After Torres refused to be handcuffed in his cell, he was pepper sprayed by officers. He still refused orders to be handcuffed and struck on of the officers who entered his cell, authorities said. Torres was eventually subdued and the officer sustained minor injuries. Torres was charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer, resisting a police officer, causing injury, and five counts of resisting a police officer.
• Sept. 14: Torres refused orders to be handcuffed and then began to put toilet paper over the windows of his cell. The Kane County Jail Corrections Response Team entered and Torres immediately punched one of the officers in the head, authorities said. Torres was taken to the floor, stunned with a Taser device, and handcuffed after the struggle. The officer sustained minor injuries and Torres was charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer and three counts of resisting a peace officer.
• Sept. 16: Torres began slamming his mattress against his cell window and requesting the Corrections Response Team come in and get him. The response team responded to remove the mattress and other items from his cell and when they entered the cell, Torres attempted to barricade his door with the mattress. He also wrapped himself in his suicide smock and blanket. He was first pepper sprayed, but refused to comply with officers’ orders. He then began to throw urine and feces toward the officers, most of which was deflected by a stun shield but two of the officers were exposed to the feces and urine, according to authorities. Torres was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer and five counts of resisting a peace officer.
• Sept. 17: Torres requested a cup of water and when an officer passed it through the feed slot of his cell, Torres produced a cup of his urine that he'd been hiding under his suicide smock. He then threw the urine at the officer, according to authorities. He again requested that the Response Team come get him. The team suited up, this time also donning biohazard suit, and fired several rounds from a pepper ball launcher into the cell at him. He continued to refuse commands to be cuffed and told officers he was going to throw more urine at them, according to the statement from the sheriff's office. He was then forcefully taken to the floor and handcuffed. Charges have not yet been filed following this incident.

On Sept. 20, Torres was turned over to the Illinois Department of Corrections where he is being housed on a parole violation, according to sheriff's office officials.

Kane County Sheriff Ronald Hain is commending his staff on their "professionalism and perseverance" while working "in the face of extreme danger." He also said their ability to work as a team minimized the risks at the Kane County Detention Center during the recent attacks.

He added "that despite the many reformative programs now offered in the jail, there is a certain percentage of the incarcerated population that presents great safety risks to the jail staff."

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