The following information comes from the Mattoon Police Department:
Mattoon Police arrested Jesse A. Baird, 30 years of age of Mattoon, for the offense of Domestic Battery.
The arrest occurred on May 4th at 10:44pm in the 600 block of Charleston Ave. The charge alleges that Mr. Baird punched a female subject, during a domestic dispute, while they were walking in the 800 block of Charleston Ave.
Mr. Baird was transported to the Coles County Safety and Detention Center.
Mattoon Police arrested Calvin A. Winston, 31 years of age of Danville, IL, for the offense of Possession of Cannabis w/ Intent to Deliver 100-500grams.
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CHARLESTON â A jury apparently believed a man was stopping a crime when he beat another man he found masturbating in front of two children.
The jury returned a not guilty verdict against Jesse A. Baird, who never denied beating the other man after finding him fondling himself in front of the children, ages 1 and 2, at a Mattoon apartment last year.
Coles County State s Attorney Jesse Danley called the other man s action deplorable but described what Baird did as vigilante justice.