GARY MAN AVOIDS JAIL FOR BEATING WOMAN
A Gary man avoided jail Wednesday for severely beating a woman in a motel in 2021.
William Brian Glass, 47, pleaded guilty in December 2022 to criminal confinement and domestic battery.
Gary Police were called April 6, 2021, to the Mosley Motel, 6200 Melton Road, after the woman called 911. She was on the ground with a wheelchair on top of her, police said.
They had been arguing all day and he got enraged when she wanted to break up and kick him out since he had been physically and verbally abusive, documents allege.
He turned up the TV, then locked the door, knocking her off the wheelchair, before punching her several times in the head and chest, the affidavit charges. When she tried to call police, he grabbed her phone and tried to break it, documents state.
He continued to hit her “like a punching bag,” according to the charges.
“You’re gonna die tonight,” Glass said, according to the woman. “Like I said, I’m gonna kill you! You not leaving me but in a bag, (expletive)!”
His plea called for two years in jail and three years on probation. Glass was credited for time spent in a state hospital and while released on his own recognizance on house arrest.
POLICE: HAMMOND MAN STABS TWO
A Hammond man went on a stabbing rampage just before Valentine’s Day – targeting one man shopping at Van Til’s, then another man after a car wreck, documents allege.
Brandon Robinson, 33, is charged with aggravated battery and two counts of battery.
He is in custody, held on a $7,000 cash bond.
Police responded just after 4 p.m. Feb. 12 to Van Til’s, 2635 169th Street.
The victim at Van Til’s told police Robinson, a stranger, got confrontational in the seafood section.
“Excuse me,” Robinson said. “You heard what..I said. I’ll…kill you.”
When the man walked toward the registers, Robinson caught up and stabbed him in the side of his head. Video footage captured the incident.
Shortly afterwards, officers responded to a crash two miles west on the 1400 block of 165th Street.
Robinson crashed into another vehicle. The other man got out and the men got into a verbal confrontation.
That victim’s wife said Robinson punched him, got a knife from his vehicle, then stabbed the other man. It was also caught on video, she said.
Police noted the man had “several” head injuries and his ear was “nearly severed in half.”
LAKE CENTRAL STUDENT ARRESTED IN SCHOOL THREAT
Police arrested a Lake Central High School student Wednesday who threatened bring “a gun” and “shoot up the school tomorrow,” school administrators wrote in a message to parents.
The student’s identity was not disclosed. Extra police were expected at school Thursday.
St. John Police were not immediately available for comment.
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