Roommate Hospitalized After Serious Beating On Ingalls Ave.

Joliet IL

22 April, 2022

2:03 PM

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JOLIET, IL — A 29-year-old Joliet man was arrested early Friday morning following an attack on his 40-year-old roommate at their house in the 200 block of Ingalls Avenue, Joliet police announced. Around 7:40 a.m. Nicholas Bartak was booked into the Will County Jail on charges of aggravated domestic battery. The incident that led to his arrest happened around more than six hours earlier, at 1:15 a.m. Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English said Bartak attacked his male roommate. "During an argument over rent payment and remodeling issues, Bartak grew angry and punched the victim multiple times in the face," English informed Joliet Patch. "Bartak was located in the 1000 block of Hickory Street and was placed into custody without incident." According to police, the 40-year-old roommate suffered serious injuries to his face and a Joliet Fire Department ambulance brought him to the newly renamed Ascension Saint Joseph Medical Center.