Former US Army vet Matthew DeLeon, charged with punching a security officer in the face.
Earlier this month, the case of a man who brutally assaulted a female security officer -- as she was cleaning up his vomit on a Chicago street -- appeared unresolved as a plea deal fell through. Now, we have news that a new deal has been reached, and defendant Matthew De Leon will serve three years in prison. It's a good start at closure for the victim, Zoa Stigler. -- IFPO.
SKOKIE, IL — The U.S. Army veteran who punched a security guard as she cleaned up his vomit outside a River North condo pleaded guilty last week in Skokie in exchange for a three-year prison sentence. The attack, which left the guard with a fractured eye socket and nose, was recorded by a surveillance camera in a widely shared video.
Matthew De Leon, 25, of Chicago's Portage Park neighborhood, was convicted of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm for the May 14, 2017, attack outside the condo building in the 600 block of North Franklin Street. He was initially charged with three counts of aggravated battery, a class 3 felony punishable by probation or between two and five years in prison.
De Leon was on active duty at the time of the incident but later left the army with an other than honorable discharge. He turned himself in to Chicago police within days of the attack after seeing the video. At his initial court appearance, his lawyer told the court he was "going to make this right for the victim and her family."
Security camera video shows Zoa Stigler, the guard De Leon punched, approach him to offer help after he slumped down outside the building around 2 a.m. on a Sunday morning. De Leon was seen throwing up on the sidewalk before he was joined by three people identified by prosecutors as his wife, sister-in-law and her boyfriend.
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