Joliet Landlord, 60, Viciously Attacked On Pine Street: Police

JOLIET — A 42-year-old Joliet man was arrested Sunday by Joliet police in connection with a violent attack upon a 60-year-old landlord and the landlord's 69-year-old maintenance worker, as well as a tenant at a different property.

According to Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English, Everett Cole was arrested and later released on a Notice to Appear on charges of aggravated battery and two counts of battery.

English said at 9:48 a.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a house in the 300 block of Pine Street for a report of battery. At the scene, officers learned that Cole had attacked people inside an apartment.

"It is believed that the 60-year-old landlord for the apartment and 69-year-old maintenance worker arrived to change the locks of the apartment following a past dispute with Cole after he had been warned to not be at the apartment, rented by a female," English said.

At the apartment, "Cole became angry and began choking the female landlord. Cole then punched the male in the face. A male tenant of a different apartment in the building attempted to intervene, and Cole punched him in the face as well," English said.

Cole was placed into custody after he was located in the 300 block of North Hickory Street.