DeKalb man charged with attempted first-degree murder by stabbing – Shaw Local

A DeKalb man was charged with attempted first-degree murder Thursday after DeKalb police alleged he stabbed a man in the abdomen with a knife.

Wilson A. Cervantes-Garcia, 24, faces six to 30 years in prison if convicted of the Class X felony. The charge is not evidentiary.

He was also charged with two counts of aggravated battery resulting in serious bodily injury, a Class 3 felony punishable by two to five years in prison. Probation is an option if you are convicted of battery only. Prosecutors asked that Cervantes-Garcia be jailed while awaiting trial, a request a judge will consider today at 1 p.m. Cervantes-Garcia did not have a list of attorneys as of Thursday morning.

DeKalb police were dispatched at 2:19 a.m. Thursday to the 400 block of North 11th Street for a domestic dispute, according to a synopsis filed in DeKalb County Court.

There, they found a man lying on a bed in the home's bedroom, bleeding from the abdominal area, according to the synopsis. The man was “incoherent and had difficulty communicating” with police.

He was taken to Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, where he was then flown to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford in serious condition, DeKalb police said. Police later learned he suffered a perforated intestine and needed surgery.

A roommate of Cervantes-Garcia's told police he saw Cervantes-Garcia and the man who was stabbed sitting at the kitchen table and drinking around midnight that day, according to the synopsis.

About an hour later, the roommate said he saw Cervantes-Garcia in the kitchen holding a knife. He did not see the man who had been stabbed.

The roommate returned to his room and then saw Cervantes-Garcia again, still holding the knife but this time saying something like “I kill” in Spanish, according to court records. The roommate took the knife from Cervantes-Garcia and took it to his room.

Later, around 2 a.m., the roommate said he woke up moaning and groaning, according to the synopsis. He got up and found the stabbed man bleeding on Cervantes-Garcia's bed.

Cervantes-Garcia had left home.

When Cervantes-Garcia returned to the home a short time later, officers spoke to him and he told them the two had had an altercation, according to the synopsis. Cervantes-Garcia told police the other man had the knife and put it to Cervantes-Garcia's throat.

He then gave officers two different explanations for the man's injuries: he said he stabbed the man in self-defense, but he also said the man stabbed himself , according to the synopsis.

During an interview at the police station, Cervantes-Garcia said he and the other man got into an altercation around 11 p.m., during which he said the other man threw him to the ground and kicked him.

Cervantes-Garcia had a small cut on his neck and another on his side, according to the synopsis. He said he did not contact police after the fight because he did not know the police department's number.

He told the detective that about an hour after this fight, he took a knife from the kitchen and walked over to where the man was sleeping, stabbed him once, then hid the knife under his mattress, according to court records.

Cervantes-Garcia then left the home, walked about two blocks, then decided to return to the home where he was met by officers, according to the synopsis.