Hickey Charged With Threatening Ex-Girlfriend With Large Knife; Pouring Bleach On Her

  • Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Robert Leon Hickey Sr.
Robert Leon Hickey Sr.

A woman told police that her former boyfriend, Robert Leon Hickey Sr., came to her house on Lillard Road and threatened her and her current boyfriend with a large knife.

She said when her mother came outside that Hickey fled.

The woman also said that on Sept. 10 that Hickey poured bleach on her. She said it left her with large burns on her body. She had medical care for the burns at Parkridge Hospital.

She said she is in fear for her and her small children.

Hickey was charged with assault for the bleach incident and aggravated assault for the knife incident.


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