Man charged with injuring St. Charles officer

St. Charles police say a 26-year-old West Chicago man wandered into a stranger's apartment Halloween night -- while they were still home -- then choked an officer who tried to make an arrest.

According to St. Charles police, at around 6 p.m. Saturday, Francisco Feliz-Moreno walked uninvited into an apartment in the 1600 Block of Indiana Street through an unlocked door. A man, a woman and their two young children were all talking in the living room when Feliz-Moreno came in holding a beer bottle, St. Charles police said.

Feliz-Moreno wandered around the apartment, not talking, but refusing to leave, police said. The man in the house grabbed the beer bottle, lured Feliz-Moreno out of the house and then called 911, police said.

While an officer was talking to the victim, he spotted Feliz-Moreno. The officer tried to approach Feliz-Moreno, but he ran, police said. The officer ordered him to stop, then asked for ID.

During the interview, Feliz-Moreno tried to grab back his ID. And when the officer told Feliz-Moreno he was under arrest and tried to handcuff him, Feliz-Moreno started to choke the officer, police said. The officer hit Feliz-Moreno in the head until he let go, police said.

Feliz-Moreno was taken to Delnor Hospital in Geneva and treated for facial injuries, police said. The officer, who was not identified, was treated at Delnor for thumb injuries.

Feliz-Moreno, 1200 block of Kings Circle, was charged with felonies aggravated battery to a peace officer, criminal trespass to a residence and obstructing a peace officer, police said.