Wanted Man Spat On, Bit & Kicked Cops: Police

JOLIET, IL — A wanted man spat in the face of a couple cops, kicked another’s head and bit a third one’s hand, police said.

The fugitive, 35-year-old Randy Johnson, was walking near the corner of Center and Jefferson streets shortly after 10:30 p.m. Sunday when the cops spotted him and went to arrest him, police said.

While they were taking Johnson into custody, he spat in the face of a sergeant and an officer, police said, and when another officer was placing him in the back of a squad car, kicked him in the head. Johnson also reportedly tried to kick out the car’s windows.

At the police station, a screaming Johnson bit a cop’s hand and did some more spitting, police said.

Johnson was taken to the Will County jail but staff there refused to accept him due to his self-inflicted injuries and “fainting seizures,” police said.

Johnson was reportedly taken to Presence St. Joseph Medical Center where he was evaluated before he was returned to the county jail. Johnson remained in custody Monday afternoon.

Johnson was wanted on a charge of domestic battery in Will County and also had a warrant out of Kane County, according to jail records.

Randy Johnson | image via Will County Sheriff's Department