Brain Bleed Near Wilmington Bar, Victim Lands In Loyola Hospital

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On March 1, Wilmington police learned that a man was taken to Loyola Hospital in Cook County after suffering a brain bleed. The man was found at his Wilmington house by his daughter after being in a fight with Hairald at the Route 66 Bar and Grill, court files show.

Wilmington police learned that the manager for the Route 66 Bar and Grill saw the victim at her bar around 7 p.m. and he left shortly afterward. She also saw Hairald at the bar around 11 p.m. and Hairald “looked angry,” prosecutors noted.

Wilmington police found pools of blood outside the patio and officers obtained video surveillance showing Hairald approach the victim in front of Route 66 Bar and Grill, and the victim had raised his hands in a non-threatening manner, court records reflect.

At 8:42 p.m., the video surveillance showed Hairald punching the victim in the face, mounting him and continuing his attack before kicking the victim and walking off, prosecutors outlined.

The victim remained unconscious for several moments before three people approached him and put him in a chair. After that, the victim walked home.

Wilmington Police Detective Eric Runions later saw bruises and lacerations to the victim’s face, and the detective obtained the CT scans from Morris Hospital of the victim’s head and face.

On March 2, Hairald called Wilmington police to let them know he would not be turning himself at the police department that particular night because “he knows the game,” court files show.

Hairald refused to reveal his whereabouts and he told a different detective not to waste his time trying to find him “because he is not stupid and is not in Wilmington,” prosecutors outlined in their petition to deny pretrial release for Hairald.

Hairald “attempted to plead his case over the phone but when asked to come to the Wilmington Police Department to make a statement, (Hairald) said he was not going to do that because he knows he is going to get arrested for his actions,” court files show.

A married couple in Wilmington saw another fight between Hairald and the victim take place on March 1 at the Hayden’s Crossing, 107 N. Water St., “where both men were asked to leave after yelling at each other,” prosecutors pointed out.

At that moment, the couple saw the victim approach Hairald saying “he was going to f****** kill” Hairald and then Hairald punched the victim, prosecutors said. One of the eyewitnesses told police that he thought the victim was actually going to shoot Hairald.

Meanwhile, the bartender at Hayden’s tavern told police she noticed the victim bothering other patrons and the victim and Hairald “then got into an altercation, at which point they were both asked to leave,” court documents show.

As for Hairald, prosecutors reminded Will County Judge Dave Carlson that the 49-year-old Wilmington man was convicted of retail theft in Will County in 1998, and he was sentenced to 180 days of jail in 1994 for robbery, also in Will County.

“As a result of this incident, the condition of the named victim … is a fragile state. While the brain bleed sustained by (the victim) from defendant’s attack stopped upon arrival at Loyola Hospital, (the victim) still suffers from a severely broken nose, multiple hematomas on his face, a cut on the back of his head, a swollen right ear and multiple chipped teeth,” Will County prosecutors indicated.

Now, Carlson must decide whether Hairald should be brought to the Will County’s Jail or whether he can remain free, pending his eventual trial date, as part of the SAFE-T-Act conditions.

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