Prison Time for Elgin Man Who Socked, Kicked and Bottle Bashed Girlfriend

ELGIN, IL - An Elgin man is headed to prison for beating his girlfriend last summer using his fists, feet and a glass bottle.

Lamount Patrice Embry, 41, agreed on Friday to a sentence of seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The deal — greenlighted by Kane County Circuit Judge Donald M. Tegeler, Jr. — was contingent upon his guilty plea to aggravated domestic battery causing great bodily harm, a Class 2 felony.

Charges stemmed from a June 13, 2016, incident in which Embry and the victim, his girlfriend, were outside around 6 p.m. in Elgin's 1200 block of Century Oaks Drive. There, Embry reportedly dragged his girlfriend across the street, punched her in the face, broke a bottle over her head causing a laceration, and kicked her in the ribs. Emergency room personnel placed staples in the back of her head to fuse a resulting laceration.

Embry’s criminal history made him subject to enhanced sentencing. He was convicted in 1997 of aggravated criminal sexual assault, a Class X felony, and was sentenced to 12 years in IDOC. He was convicted in 2011 of residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and sentenced to six years in IDOC.

According to Illinois law, Embry must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence. He receives credit for 320 days served in the Kane County jail, where he had been held since his arrest.

The case was prosecuted by Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Dawn Troost.

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