Illinois teen Ethan Dickerson breaks into gay neighbor's house, assaults him: 'You're evil'
Ethan Dickerson, 19-year-old man from Illinois was arrested for reportedly breaking into his homosexual neighbor's home, tying him up, beating him, and attempting to kill him. He was charged with attempted first-degree murder, home invasion, hate crime, aggravated unlawful restraint, and aggravated battery on Thursday.
A police officer was summoned to the 1100 block of Delray Court at around 5.30 pm on Thursday on a report of someone busting out a window of a property, according to the affidavit. When an officer arrived, he noticed the broken window and heard someone pleading for aid from within. The cop identified himself by shouting, but all that was heard were screams and cries for aid. After that, the officer slammed the front door open.
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When the anonymous 60-year-old victim asked why he was being attacked, Ethan Dickerson allegedly told him, "You know why I have to do this," according to WAND. According to the affidavit, Dickerson said, "You're gay, ... You're evil... I'm going to kill you."
As soon as the officer walked into the house, he observed Dickerson, who was covered in blood, collapse to his knees. The man was found in the kitchen with multiple head cuts and "significant" amounts of blood on the floor and on his body. Although his injuries were not life-threatening, he was rushed to the hospital for treatment and required several stitches.
According to the complaint, the victim was sleeping in bed when he heard his front window crack and got up to investigate. Dickerson confronted him and drove him into the kitchen, where he duct-taped the victim's wrists together and his mouth shut. He duct-taped the victim to a chair.
Ethan Dickerson was projecting how he feels about himself onto his gay neighbor...as all narcissistic sociopaths always do.
— The world isn't sh*tty, people are. (@PlushMinnie) February 21, 2022
Dickerson continued to beat him while telling him why he was being hit until he abruptly stepped to the front porch and told the victim he was going to get a "cake," according to the Decatur Herald Review. The victim was able to get out of the chair, but Dickerson reappeared, and the two fought over the wrench. Dickerson approached the victim from behind with the wrench, choked him, and the two battled until the cop arrived. According to the affidavit, officers discovered a pipe wrench on the floor and bloody shreds of duct tape on the chair and floor.
According to jail records, Dickerson is being held in the Macon County jail on a $1 million bond.