Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a felon after he attempted to shoot security staff at a bar near Antioch Friday night.
Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies responded about 10:30 p.m. Friday, August 16, 2024, to a report of a man with a gun to a bar in the 27800 block of West Grass Lake Road in unincorporated Antioch,. Lake County Sheriff’s Telecommunicators were able to obtain a detailed description of two offenders connect to the gun call from the 911 caller, and relayed the information to responding Lake County Sheriff’s deputies, who upon arrival were able to quickly locate and detain the two offenders.
Preliminary investigation indicates that Ronald X. Owens, Jr, 37, of the 2800 block of Buckingham Drive, Lisle, and Edwin Roddy, 42, of the 700 block of Mill Court, Waukegan, were removed from the bar earlier, by security for being disruptive. After being removed, Owens and Roddy walked to a car in the parking lot and returned to confront security. Owens, returned armed with a firearm, pointed the gun at security, and pulled the trigger several times. However, the firearm malfunctioned and did not fire. The two then went back to a vehicle, and met with other people, who they arrived with early. Allegedly, Owens put the gun back in the car and the others left in the car.
Owens and Roddy returned to the bar again and attempted to get inside, but were stopped again by security. Roddy then punched one of the security guards. Both were quickly located by sheriff’s deputies and arrested.
After reviewing the facts and circumstances of the case, Owens was charged with …
Aggravated Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon (Class 3 Felony)
Two Counts of Aggravated Unlawful Possession of a Weapon (Class 4 Felonies)
No FOID/No CCL (Class 4 Felony)
Roddy was charged with …
battery
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office filed a petition to detain on Owens. He was schedule for a hearing in court Saturday morning.
Roddy was processed and released with a court date of September 4, 2024, at 8:45 a.m. in Courtroom C-207.
All defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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