Banned From Home Cut Donuts: Joliet Criminal Defendant Released Under SAFE-T-Act

JOLIET, IL — After spending two days in the Will County Jail, 34-year-old Joliet resident Auctavia Rodriguez has been let out of the Will County Jail, but Rodriguez will not be making any more visits to the Joliet Home Cut Donuts shop at 815 W. Jefferson St.

According to court records, Will County Judge Derek Ewanic informed Rodriguez on Thursday that she would not be kept in the jail because her criminal charges related to accusations of spitting on multiple police officers are not detainable crimes under the SAFE-T-Act.

However, the judge ordered Rodriguez to have no contact with Home Cut Donuts until further notice from the court. The judge also ordered Rodriguez to undergo disease testing for all diseases.

After reviewing the Joliet police arrest reports, Will County State's Attorney Office Jim Glasgow's prosecutors charged Rodriguez with two crimes of aggravated battery.

The criminal complaint indicates that Rodriguez, on July 9, made physical contact with Joliet police officer Juan Acosta and that she spat on Juan Acosta's arm.

As for her second charge of aggravated battery, Rodriguez is accused of making physical contact with Officer Cassie Socha and spitting in Socha's face.

On Thursday, Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English told Patch that at 3:45 a.m. July 9, officers responded to Home Cut Donuts for a disturbance. Upon their arrival, police said Rodriguez was screaming at employees and throwing objects inside the store.

Joliet police said the interior of the business was found heavily damaged. Cash registers had been thrown from the counter, food and beverages were thrown across the store, and furniture and coffee pots were overturned.

Rodriguez comes from the 100 block of Joliet's Linden Avenue apartment units. She was also in the county jail three other times: once in 2023 and twice in 2020.