A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted Francisco Javier Acevedo-Caldera for allegedly assaulting three law enforcement officers during the execution of an arrest warrant. The incident took place on July 17, 2025, in the lobby of the Kane County Sheriff’s Department in St. Charles, Illinois.
According to court documents, two officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE-ERO) approached Acevedo-Caldera after he had recently been released from the Kane County Jail. The indictment alleges that Acevedo-Caldera resisted arrest, kicked one officer, head-butted another, and bit a Kane County Sheriff’s Deputy who was assisting the ICE-ERO officers. Officers eventually subdued him and executed the warrant.
Acevedo-Caldera, age 39 and a resident of Aurora, Illinois, remains in federal custody. He faces three counts of forcibly assaulting a law enforcement officer. Two of these counts carry a maximum sentence of twenty years in federal prison each; the third is punishable by up to eight years. Arraignment in federal court has not yet been scheduled.
The announcement was made by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Shawn L. Byers, Field Office Director for ICE-ERO in Chicago. The Kane County Sheriff’s Department provided assistance in the case. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Finch is representing the government.
“The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt,” according to officials.
