Libertyville Woman Accused Of Battery Involving Knife: Police

LIBERTYVILLE, IL — Libertyville Police Department officers responded to the following crime incidents in recent days:

Aggravated battery

Libertyville police officers were called at 8:32 a.m., Nov. 28 to a battery possibly involving a knife reported in the 100 block of N. Milwaukee Avenue. According to a news release from the police department, officers got to the address and saw two females in the doorway, with on holding onto the other, and police told them to separate and drop any weapons.

Police saw one of the females, later identified as Melissa O. Goodwin, 31, of the 370 block of W. Winchester Road in Libertyville, drop a pocket knife, the release said.

Police said the other female had non-life-threatening cuts on her arms and lower back.

Goodwin was arrested and taken to the Libertyville Police Department and the Lake County State's Attorney's Office was contacted. The Lake County State's Attorney's Office approved a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon for Goodwin, according to police.

Goodwin was cited on accusations of aggravated battery and processed before she was taken to the Lake County Jail in Waukegan where she now faces several charges, and her bond has been set at $50,000 with 10 percent to apply. Her court date is listed as Dec. 17 in Lake County, according to the sheriff's office.

Driving under the influence (DUI), traffic offenses

Libertyville Police Department officers were called to a report of a suspicious car in the 1300 block of N. Milwaukee Avenue at 1:07 a.m. Sunday, where officers saw a car that had pulled into the drive-thru lane and was stopped with its engine running and front tire turned into the raised drive-thru curb.

According to the news release, police went up to the car and found the driver, 52-year-old Gerardo Borrego, of the 900 block of Taylor Drive in Gurnee, asleep in the driver's seat.

Police said Borrego was instructed to place the car in park and provide an ID and car insurance. He wasn't able to hand over car insurance, and due to several signs of impairment, was asked to perform a series of field sobriety tests, which according to police, he failed.

The car was inventoried and towed, and officers found several guns while inventorying the car, and found out via a FOID inquiry that Borrego wasn't issued a FOID card, according to the news release.

Borrego was arrested and taken to the Libertyville Police Department where he was cited and processed on accusations of DUI, operating an uninsured vehicle and possession of a firearm without requisite FOID.

According to police, Borrego was released after posting his driver's licenses and signing a $1,000 personal recognizance bond. His court date is scheduled for Dec. 27 at the Lake County Court House in Waukegan, police said.

Police report information is provided by local police departments. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions on a given day, and persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.