From the U.S. Attorney:
FEDERAL GRAND JURY IN CHICAGO INDICTS MAN FOR FELONY ASSAULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FOR ALLEGED ATTACK DURING ARREST
CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a man for felony assault of three law enforcement officers for an alleged attack during the execution of an arrest warrant.
The assaults occurred on the afternoon of July 17, 2025, in the lobby of the Kane County Sheriff’s Department in St. Charles, Ill., according to the indictment and a criminal complaint previously filed in the case.
Two officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations approached FRANCISCO JAVIER ACEVEDO-CALDERA and informed him that they had a warrant for his arrest, the charges allege.
Acevedo-Caldera, who had recently been bonded out of the Kane County Jail,
- resisted the arrest,
- kicked one of the officers,
- head-butted the other officer, and then
- bit a Kane County Sheriff’s Deputy who offered to assist the ICE-ERO officers,
the charges allege.
The officers were eventually able to subdue Acevedo-Caldera and execute the arrest warrant.
Acevedo-Caldera, 39, who resided in Aurora, Ill., remains detained in federal custody.
The indictment charges him with
- three counts of forcibly assaulting a law enforcement officer.
Two of the counts are punishable by a maximum sentence of twenty years in federal prison, while one of the counts is punishable by up to eight years.
Arraignment in federal court has not yet been scheduled.
The indictment was announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Shawn L. Byers, Field Office Director for ICE-ERO in Chicago. Valuable assistance was provided by the Kane County Sheriff’s Department. The government is represented by Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Finch.
The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
