Prosecutors say a man claimed he had loaded guns while threatening violence toward employees and a foundation in Lincolnshire that provides services to disabled people.
Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Emily Shanley-Roberts said the Lincolnshire Police Department responded around 7:45 p.m. on July 3, 2024, to the Riverside Foundation, 14588 Route 22, for an unwanted subject who was trying to contact an employee.
The caller reported that a man called Riverside Foundation and spoke to staff while demanding to know if a specific employee was at work.
The caller said he saw the female employee’s car in the parking lot and said that he would “come in there” if they did not tell him if she was working.
Shanley-Roberts said the female employee was not at work when the subject called.
The employee who was speaking with the subject called the other employee to let her know someone was calling for her.
Shanley-Roberts said the female employee could hear the subject on the other line and she recognized his voice as Kevin T. Elkins, 34, of Springfield.
The two were previously in a dating relationship and she had obtained an order of protection against Elkins prior to the incident.
Elkins had not been served yet with the order of protection at the time, Shanley-Roberts said.
Officers called back the number used to call the foundation and a detective spoke with Elkins and confirmed it was him on the phone.
The detective told Elkins that the woman had obtained an order of protection against him.
Elkins responded by saying that the detective did not have jurisdiction over him and that they would have to find him to serve the order, Shanley-Roberts said.
He also said that the officers would have to find him before he found the female employee because he was going to “beat her a–,” according to Shanley-Roberts.
Officers later spoke with the victim again later in the night and learned Elkins had again called her numerous times.
Officers followed up with the victim the following day and she reported that Elkins repeatedly called her the prior evening and then began calling her again on July 4 until she blocked him.
Shanley-Roberts said the victim reported that Elkins said during those calls that he “had loaded guns” and “was going to come and fuck [us] up.”
The Riverside Foundation is a disability services and support organization that provides services and residences for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
“The defendant called that Foundation to threaten its employees, including but not limited to [the victim], with violence,” Shanley-Roberts said.
“The defendant elected to abuse, harass, and threaten people who provide life-changing services to adults living with disabilities,” she added.
Elkins was charged with one count of phone harassment, a Class 4 felony, in July 2024, and a warrant was issued for him.
The woman said in her order of protection petition that Elkins had repeatedly harassed her after she attempted to end their relationship.
Elkins has a prior conviction in a 2014 case for aggravated battery causing great bodily harm using a flammable substance.
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office filed a petition to detain Elkins following his arrest on April 4.
Lake County Judge Ari Fisz denied the petition and allowed Elkins to be released on Level 3 pre-trial services monitoring and to have no contact with the victim or Riverside Foundation.
He was also ordered not to consume illegal drugs or alcohol and be subject to random testing.
Elkins is scheduled to appear in court again on May 6 for a status of preliminary hearing.