Stabbing Victim Arrested By Joliet Police: Reason For Arrest Revealed

JOLIET, IL ? The Joliet Police Department announced the arrest of a 40-year-old stabbing victim, Tavarus Dean, on charges of domestic battery, obstructing identification and having an outstanding Will County warrant. Dean is now being kept in the Will County Jail.

According to police spokesman Dwayne English, at 4:50 p.m. May 5, officers on patrol were flagged down about a stabbing that occurred in an apartment building in the 400 block of Western Avenue. Dean was in the stairwell of the building with a stab wound to the chest, police said.

Officers rendered medical aid to Dean until Joliet Fire Department paramedics arrived. Officers learned that the incident involved Dean?s 28-year-old girlfriend, according to English.

She was found nearby and taken to the Joliet Police Department for further questioning.

"As this investigation progressed, detectives concluded that Dean had allegedly attacked his girlfriend in an apartment, and it was believed that she stabbed Dean to defend herself from a further attack," English said.

Also, Dean attempted to provide a fictitious name when he was initially contacted by the officers, according to English.

He was also accused of having a warrant for failing to appear in court on previous retail theft charges in Will County.

Dean was taken to the St. Joseph Medical Center by the Joliet Fire Department for treatment of his injury. Dean was released from the hospital on Sunday.

He was then processed at the Joliet Police Department and transferred to the Will County Adult Detention Facility.