CHICAGO (CBS) – A man was accused of assaulting Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx near a home in south suburban Flossmoor on Friday.
William D. Swetz, 34, of Flossmoor, was charged with aggravated battery in a public place and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Cook County court records show.
While Foxx was on the parkway of the road, Swetz allegedly threw a brown liquid substance from a drinking cup onto her face while she was sitting in the driver’s seat of a car, a GMC truck. He was also accused of intentionally crossing the road in reverse and accelerating toward Foxx. According to court records, she was “forced to step off the road onto the grass along the highway because she feared being struck by the offending vehicle.”
Foxx was first elected to the District Attorney’s Office in 2016 as the first Black woman to serve as the county’s top prosecutor. She has faced intense criticism during her two terms in office, from her office’s charging decisions to her handling of high-profile cases involving disgraced singer R. Kelly.
Foxx announced last year she would not stand for re-election in 2024.
