SAO: Man Choked Girlfriend’s Daughter When She Tried To Protect Her Mother
A Berwyn man faces domestic battery charges for an incident with his girlfriend and an aggravated battery charge for injuring his girlfriend’s daughter when she tried to protect her mother.
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Darius J. Fizer
Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon has charged 28-year-old Darius J. Fizer with the offenses of:
- Aggravated battery to a child, a Class 3 felony.
- Domestic battery, a Class A misdemeanor.
- Battery, a Class A misdemeanor, two counts.
- Assault, a Class C misdemeanor.
Kane County prosecutors allege that at about 2:30 a.m. Oct. 26, Fizer placed a child younger than 13 in a choke hold and struck and injured her, threw a bottle at the child, and punched the child’s mother.
According to Elgin police, Fizer and his girlfriend began to argue at the girlfriend’s Elgin residence, waking the girlfriend’s daughter, who is younger than 13. The daughter, fearing that the argument would escalate, called 911.
The daughter then saw Fizer struck her mother, so she threw a pot at him. Fizer threw a glass liquor bottle at the daughter, missing her, but the bottle embedded in the bathroom door. Fizer then put the daughter in a chokehold and punched her, injuring her.
Fizer appeared Oct. 26, 2019, in Kane County bond court. Kane County Judge Elizabeth Flood set Fizer’s bail at $50,000, with 10 percent ($5,000) to apply for bond. Fizer remains in custody at the Kane County jail.
Flood set Fizer’s next court appearance for 9 a.m. Nov. 7, 2019, in Courtroom 311 at the Kane County Judicial Center.
The charges against Fizer are not proof of guilt. Fizer is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial in which it is the state’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
SOURCE: Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office news release
