Wilmington Man Hid In Trunk Of Woman's Car While She Was Driving: Prosecutors

BRAIDWOOD, IL — Will County Judge Derek Ewanic has ruled that a Wilmington man who is charged with misdemeanor crimes of violating an order of protection and criminal trespass to vehicles must be kept in the Will County Jail under the Illinois SAFE-T-Act because Timothy Spisak meets the dangerousness standard.

The complaint indicated that on April 18, Spisak knowingly and without authority entered the silver Chevrolet Blazer of another person after he had been issued an order of protection out of Grundy County on March 31 requiring him to stay away from the Braidwood woman.

The Braidwood Police Department was responsible for making Spisak's arrest last week.

According to the Will County State's Attorney petition to keep Spisak in the county jail, on April 18, officers were called to a house on West Kennedy Street Road in Braidwood for a disturbance. The woman told them she was coming home from work when she heard a noise in her trunk. She realized it was her ex-boyfriend, Spisak, and that upon opening her trunk, Spisak asked her if she would take him to Jewel-Osco, which she refused.

When the woman called 911, Spisak ran away, court records show.

Spisak Agrees To Braidwood Police Department Interview

Eventually, Braidwood police went to the Jewel-Osco near Braidwood, Spisak's place of employment, and officers spotted Spisak's car there. Officers later pulled Spisak over and took him into custody, and he agreed to answer their questions, according to police.

He told the police that he was with the Braidwood woman on April 16 to give her money for a dentist bill for one of their children, court files show. Spisak also told the police he had a different ex-girlfriend of his drop him off at the Braidwood woman's workplace on April 18. Spisak found her vehicle was unlocked, and he still had the keys to her car, court records show.

Spisak "advised he got in the trunk of (her) car to surprise her. Defendant advised that he heard a phone call from his daughters to (her) and did not believe it would be the right time to jump out from behind the seat of the vehicle," Braidwood police outlined. "Defendant advised he knew it was a bad idea but was trapped at that point, so he said, 'Hey!' to (her) while she was driving."

Spisak told Braidwood police he ran off from the scene "because he did not want to go to jail since he was aware he has violated the order of protection 11 times since (she) requested it," prosecutors wrote. "Moreover, defendant stated multiple times to officers that he knew there was an active OP against him."

The order of protection from Grundy County was served on Spisak on April 1, court files show.

"The nature and circumstances of defendant's criminal history is troublesome and lengthy," Will County prosecutors informed Judge Ewanic.

Spisak has a pending 2024 charge of domestic battery in Grundy County; he was charged in 2024 in Will County with aggravated battery to a victim age 60, but that charge was dismissed.

He was charged with violation of a protection order in 2025, 2024 and 2023, all in Grundy County, and those charges are still pending. Spisak was charged and convicted with a Will County burglary in 2016, and he was charged in 2004 with a violation of an order of protection in Will County, and that case was dismissed.