Alleged Hate Crime Guy In And Out Of Jail Again

A Beecher teen’s second trip to the Will County jail in less than a month only lasted about four and a half hours, as he posted $25,000 bond right away to get back out on the street.

Jacob Slager, 19, was booked into custody on six counts of felony identity theft. He allegedly used a Beecher woman’s debit cards to buy cigarettes and booze.

Slager was locked up last month on three counts of committing a hate crime, two counts of the aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of reckless discharge of a firearm. An unidentified 17-year-old was charged as a juvenile with the same crimes. The younger teen was taken to River Valley Juvenile Detention Center.

Witnesses reportedly told police they saw two young men in a red Jeep “drive by the area and display a handgun and fire shots in the air.”

The stepfather of the two youths allegedly menaced by Slager and the other teen told Patch that Slager actually fired his gun at the young men and called them n-----s.

The stepfather, Will County Deputy David Svalina, said he moved his family from Chicago to Beecher to escape gang violence. Svalina said he quit his job as a Chicago cop so he could relocate his family.

Slager posted $250,000 bond for those charges. He was released the day after he was taken into custody.

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