The officer thought it was going to be a routine trespassing case, but they ended up running for their life when Eric started throwing punches. Morning. That call came Right now please hold. I see you they have a four. You know Around 7:42 a.m. Officers Hughes and Lee respond to a call at the Becker building. A man refuses to leave the premises. The maintenance worker leads them to where the suspect, Eric Anderson, is last seen, now inside the Twin Towers Plaza nearby. Hey ma'am. What's going on? Hey, they do not want you this is private property. told so. I wasn't told. Also there's people here and I was going to get a haircut, so. Okay, uh So, I don't know what after that. I'm not trying to get in trouble. I mean do nothing. I mean I'm just trying to get a haircut and stuff, charge my phone up and stuff, get out of the rain and stuff. Okay. Where did you Do you have like an appointment here? And nobody told me. Nobody told me anything. No. Nobody told me. you're not in trouble right now. They just asked us to tell you that. cuz the cops are right here. I mean what the You got ID? Uh no, it's like that's another thing cuz I said I've been Uh no, like right now is like no, it's been it's my wallet stolen. So, I'm trying to like get all my stuff together and like get get a new wallet and stuff. Are you from here? Uh I kind of yeah. What do you mean kind of yeah? Uh well, I'm in between housing. Okay. So. What What's your name? Eric Anderson. What I mean what what Did I do anything wrong? Well, he reported that he told you to leave and you didn't leave. I I don't know. I didn't Nobody told me to leave. Okay. That's fine. I'm just trying to find a place to like honestly I was going to get a haircut and stuff just trying to play and find a place to like gather my stuff when I'm between housing. Well, lucky for you the the rain is kind of died up. Hang hang hang. Stay here. Eric, what's your What's your middle name? B. We just got to know who we're dealing with, man. I've never talked to you before. Yeah, I mean So, do you have a You said you were out with someone. Did you have like a driver's license or state ID for Illinois? Yeah. Where's the last place you were staying? I know you said you're in between. Uh, here. Like Peoria? Yeah, I was at a nursing home here. Yeah, well, medical Before that I was in Rockford. Yeah, medical condition or Yeah. What's that? Uh, like schizophrenia, PTSD. Okay. Are you talk Do you have like a case manager here or anything? Like At the Heartland Rotary? No. I think Peoria. Okay. Human Services Human Services or anything? You take medications or Are you going to run him? I don't know what you're talking about. Eric, am I good to go? No, you're not. Are you going to run him? Um Do you take medications? Yeah. Okay. Do you have any? Yeah. out? I have some. Okay. But I'm in between stuff and just trying to find a place. They have. So, do you uh Where do you get your medications? Rockford. Do you have a doctor here? That you see or Uh Uh, my doc What do you mean a psychiatrist? I mean how do you Who prescribes you your What is What do you need to know this stuff? Okay, cuz you're new down here, right? Am I under arrest? Right now you're detained. So, do I have the right to remain silent? Yeah. All right, thanks. You don't have any warrants or anything, do you? Right to remain silent. Is that all your stuff? Yep. Am I good to go? Once Once we hear back that nobody's looking for you. Why would anybody be looking for me? I don't We talk to people all the time that somebody's looking for them maybe have a warrant or something like maybe missed court date or something. You ever been in trouble with the police? You have any other stuff here? Nope. Is there anything else? Yeah, I'm just just waiting on confirmation for something. Yeah, Rockford's in for you. What? Rockford? Yeah. Okay. All right. So, I'm under arrest? Mhm. Okay. When was the last time you were in Rockford? I don't know. I don't know why I'm under arrest in Rockford. Did you miss court date? I missed a I had a court date yesterday in Kendall County. I missed it. But, that was Kendall. Is that Where What's Rockford then? What county's Rockford Rock- It's Rockford County, Kendall Okay. Whatever. Do you have any family like What do you So, you got all this property. You want us What do you want us to do? With your property. I need to I need it. Well, they won't take They won't let you take all of it. Well, then I need my I need you to give it to my dad. Where's your dad at? My dad's in Oswego. I can't get over to Oswego. Well, I I mean, I don't unless you want to be a throw it away. I'm not going to throw it away. We We can We can tag it at We can tag it at the police station. That'd be perfect. That'd be And then whenever you get out, you can get it. Yeah, I'll take it. That'd be good. Okay. Why don't you set everything down? Is there anything on you you shouldn't have? I This is This is illegal. I'm not under arrest in Rockford. I'm just saying. Okay. But, the arrest is either you're going We're getting confirmation on that now, okay? Oh, then No, no, no, no. You just said you need a confirmation. Hey, come on. Put it Put it on. Am I under arrest or no? Yes, you're under arrest. You have a warrant. You have a warrant. I have the right to know what I'm under arrest for. You have a warrant. For what? We don't know yet. Rockford. Nope. Hang on. No. Damn it. Hey. No. Don't move. Don't move. DON'T MOVE. HIT HIM AGAIN. PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. RELEASE HIM. YOU ALL RIGHT? YEAH. You want to sit down? No. right. Anything on you? No. Why are you mad at us, man? You're illegal. You're fraudulently cops. Fraudulently cops? Obviously. Obviously. Roll up to your side. You were You pointed your taser this way. Now I want to make sure I didn't I I did turn over here to pull my knife out so I didn't know if you were shooting. I didn't want to hit you. Yeah, now I was I I didn't want you to hit me. Yeah, yeah. You injured? Yes. Officer Lee is bleeding heavily from a deep cut below his eye. He's rushed to OSF Hospital later diagnosed with an eye fracture and traumatic iris injuries. So we're telling these under arrest. He was complying at first. He just He got pissed off, started picking things up like he was going to go walk out of here and we walked up to him. We're like, "No." Went to grab him and then he started Um he started going towards Lee and then I saw him wind up for I think Lee was pulling his taser out. He wound up and he just Adam 21, are you okay? Did you get hit? I'm fine. I didn't I backed up when he Did you hit him with a taser? Yeah. I backed up I backed up when he went What you got? I got pretty uh You'll be all right. I was getting some water and then I opened up the door and he punched me but I ran to save my partner, too. Okay. Um So, he was still giving you his name? said he was 10-99 in Rockford but they were I was waiting on confirmation Okay. that's right. Told him that. I asked him if he was free to go, You know, the whole nine. He said no. Yep. Um got mad, started picking his bags up. Okay. So, he walked over to the laundry room and that's when Um he started going for Lee, punched him in the face. I was behind him. After he hit him, he turned around. What did you call him then? Coming at me. Uh-huh. Uh swung so I backpedaled and Cuz at that point Lee was turned around the other way like pointing his taser so I went around the corner, pulled mine out and then uh got him in the corner right there where he was sitting. But you stopped but you stopped it. That's what I'm saying. You stopped it from getting any further than it already did. You upset at yourself? Yeah. Don't be upset at yourself. You stopped it from getting to the point where you guys got knocked down. Well, I did I never got I never got hit. That's just part of it. Someone was going to get hit. It's either you or Lee. Lee got hit, he took it, he's fine. He's fine. He just has a cut. It's all right. Eric Anderson was charged with aggravated battery to peace officer, aggravated assault to peace officer, criminal trespass, and resisting arrest.