Surgical Sutures Needed To Close Bloody Gash In Wilmington: Complaint

WILMINGTON, IL — A 33-year-old man who lives in Coal City is now lodged in the Will County Jail after Will County Sheriff's deputies say Sterling Seiber violently attacked another man last week in Wilmington.

The State's Attorney's Office of Jim Glasgow went ahead and charged Sterling Seiber with aggravated battery, criminal trespass and battery. Last week, Will County obtained an arrest warrant for Seiber, and he was taken to the jail on Tuesday, which is where he remains.

According to his criminal complaint, Seiber knowingly and without justification caused great bodily harm to his victim on April 16, by striking the man in the head, leading to an open bleeding gash that was closed with surgical sutures.

The second charge accuses the Coal City resident of entering a woman's house on Evergreen Street in Wilmington, knowingly and without authority, while one or more people would be present inside the house. The third charge indicates Seiber struck his male victim in the head.

Will County Judge Donald DeWilkins issued the warrant authorizing the Coal City man's arrest and the court order indicated that Seiber would be held without release and brought in front of the judge for a pretrial detention hearing.