Updated: 5:36 PM CST January 25, 2021
LAFAYETTE, Illinois The Knox County Sheriff s Department was alerted to a Lafayette, Illinois man who reportedly kidnapped and tortured a woman.
On Saturday, January 23, the Department responded to the female victim, who had been in the emergency room with several notable injuries, including being shot multiple times with a gas-powered weapon, abrasions from a drill-powered wire brush, and bruises caused by punches and other weapons.
In the ensuing investigation, officers obtained an arrest warrant for 25-year-old Lafayette resident Braden Mallery and a search warrant for his house.
In the residence, officers were able find several items that were described in the woman s testimony of her restraint and beating and matched her injuries. Detectives also found methamphetamine and and unlawfully-owned firearm. DCFS was also notified of the incident due to the presence of children in the house during the events.
Man arrested in Knox County after allegedly kidnapping and torturing woman
Galesburg Register-Mail
GALESBURG A Lafayette man was arrested in Knox County Saturday and charged with unlawful restraint and aggravated domestic battery.
The arrest came after a woman at St. Mary s Emergency Room was treated for multiple injuries stemming from being held against her will and tortured for four days, according to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office.
The woman had reportedly been shot multiple times with a CO2 powered weapon, had abrasions from a drill-powered wire brush and bruises from being punched and hit with various weapons.
The Knox County Sheriff s Department and Knox County State s Attorney s Office in their investigation took out an arrest warrant for Braden Mallery, 25 or Lafayette, Illinois, and a search warrant for his home.