Flasher At Burlington Coat Factory Spit On Joliet Police Officer's Arm: Prosecutors

JOLIET, IL — The Will County State's Attorney's Office has filed criminal charges of aggravated battery, resisting a peace officer and public indecency against 30-year-old Joliet man Ricardo Sarmiento, who lists Joliet's Daybreak Shelter on East Cass Street as his place of residence.

An incident of public exposure happened last week in Joliet at the new Burlington Coat Factory at 2900 Plainfield Road, the complaint noted. On July 31, Sarmiento "knowingly exposed his sex organ in a lewd manner with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desire of the defendant," the complaint noted.

As for his other two charges, Sarmiento made physical contact with Joliet police officer Christopher Ibarra "in that said defendant spit on Officer Christopher Ibarra's arm," the court files show. As for the resisting a peace officer charge, court documents indicate that Sarmiento knowingly obstructed the performance of Officer Ibarra by refusing to be fingerprinted.

Court records indicate that Sarmiento has been ordered to have no contact with the Burlington Coat Factory stores in Joliet. As of Tuesday, Sarmiento remained in the Will County Jail, and he has been kept in the jail a total of four different times since November 2022.

Sarmiento recently spent six months in the jail, remaining in custody from Dec. 6 until May 14. The Will County Sheriff's Office arrested him in that case.