Crime & Safety

Batavia Man Related to Boy In Aggravated Battery Case

Batavia Patch has learned more about the 48-year-old man who surrendered to police last week on charges he beat a young family member in the head.

Here's some local court cases Patch is following:

KANE:

Batavia:
A 48-year-old Batavia man on charges he beat a young family member in the head.

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Court documents show a warrant was issued Sept. 15 relating to the incident, which occurred in April.

Nicholas E. Glucksmann is accused of two counts of aggravated battery to a child—one count is a Class X felony—and a single count of aggravated domestic battery. The child is listed as being under the age of 13 and related to Glucksmann.

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Glucksmann is scheduled to make his first formal court appearance on Oct. 12. He remains held in Kane County Jail on $150,000 bail.

St. Charles:
The man accused of severely beating his in a St. Charles motel a year ago claims police used "psychological and mental coercion" to elicit statements about the crime.

recently filed a motion asking a judge to suppress comments he made to investigators after his arrest in October 2010. Cooper claims he repeatedly denied hurting the daughter of , told police he had only a sixth-grade education and detectives knew he was going through heroin withdrawal during interviews, show.

The statements should not be admissible in court because they were not made voluntarily, the motion states. The case returns to court Dec. 1.

DUPAGE:

Elmhurst:
Sandra Clanton, who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the attempted murder of her grandson, has been transferred to a state facility to receive an evaluation of her mental health, attorneys said during an Oct. 4 hearing.

Clanton had been held in DuPage County Jail until Sept. 22 when she was taken into custody by the Illinois Department of Human Services. The evaluation will help determine the type of treatment Clanton should receive and where.

Judge Daniel Guerin found Clanton was insane at the time she slammed her infant grandson's head on a counter and cut him with a knife. Evaluations in DuPage County determined Clanton suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.

The case returns to court Nov. 15.



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