Tinley Park Man Threatens to Kill Family While Arguing Over Vacation Plans: Cops

TINELY PARK, IL -- A Tinley Park man is accused of strangling and battering his wife. Prosecutors say the provocation started when he and family were arguing about vacation plans.

Robert Delgado, 58, appeared before Cook County Judge Donald Havis on a charge of aggravated domestic battery. According to the charges, Tinley Park police went to the 6500 block of Vogt Street on May 18, where they learned that Delgado had threatened to kill his family the day before while discussing where to go on vacation.

After Delgado threatened to kill his family, his daughter went to spend the night with a friend, the prosecutor said. His wife spent the night in the basement. Delgado went downstairs the next morning where he allegedly put his thumbs on his wife’s windpipe. Police said he pushed her into a chair and choked her a second time. His wife texted her daughter to call police, according to authorities.

The assistant public defender told the judge that Delgado has a master’s degree in financial planning. He also served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was honorably discharged as a lance corporal. He has no prior criminal background.

The prosecutor asked for special conditions of bond. Delgado is to have no contact with his wife while the case is pending.

“Assuming these charges are true, you’re out of control,” Judge Havis said.

Bail was set at $250,000. Delgado is due back in court June 15 in Bridgeview.