A man who skipped court after being charged in a baseball bat attack in Cary has been arrested in Algonquin and released again after being wanted for nearly 25 years.
Baltazar Huerta-Ruiz, 51, of Carpentersville, was charged in May 2000 with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and three counts of mob action.
A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court alleges Huerta-Ruiz used a baseball bat to attack another person.
The complaint said Huerta-Ruiz worked with five other suspects to strike the victim and a second victim with a blunt object, leaving them injured.
A third victim was struck in the head with the baseball bat, the complaint said, adding that the incident happened in Cary.
Court records show Huerta-Ruiz was released from the McHenry County Jail on May 9, 2000, after posting 10% of a $25,000 bond.
Huerta-Ruiz appeared at his next court appearance on May 16, 2000, but failed to appear at the following court hearing on May 30, 2000.
The case was continued to June 13, 2000, and Huerta-Ruiz failed to appear again, at which time a judge issued an arrest warrant.
In January, the Algonquin Police Department conducted a traffic stop on a 2013 Ford Edge near Route 62 and Compton Drive.
Huerta-Ruiz was the driver and he was driving without a driver’s license after never having been issued one, court records show.
Officers arrested him and transported him to the McHenry County Jail on his nearly 25-year-old arrest warrant.
No petition or motion was filed to keep him in jail by the state’s attorney’s office and McHenry County Judge Tiffany Davis released Huerta-Ruiz with pre-trial conditions.
Huerta-Ruiz is scheduled to appear in court again on April 25 for a status of trial date.