Crime & Safety
Voicemail Evidence Turned Over in Palos Home Invasion Case
The lawyer for the Orland Park man charged with attacking a former girlfriend received the recording and he went back to jail.
By Joseph Hosey
Prosecutors turned over a compact disc recording of a voicemail during a Thursday morning hearing for an Orland Park man charged with breaking down the door of a former girlfriend's home and brutally attacking her.
The man, 46-year-old Ralph Grajek, has been locked up in the Cook County jail since his arrest in February.
Grajek's attorney, Michelle Forbes, acknowledged receipt of the compact disc and Cook County Judge Colleen Hyland scheduled a September hearing for the case to continue at the Bridgeview courthouse.
After breaking down the door of the woman's Palos Township home, Grajek fractured the woman's collarbone, a source said. He also reportedly tore a phone off the wall when the woman tried to call the police.
The law caught up with Grajek about a week later in Chicago Ridge. He was taken into custody without incident.
Grajek faces charges of home invasion, residential burglary, aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery and criminal damage to property.
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