Woman charged with felony DUI, battery on St. Charles cop

ST. CHARLES – An Aurora woman was charged with felony aggravated battery on a police officer while resisting arrest and felony aggravated driving under the influence, following a crash at Dean Street and Randall Road in St. Charles, police and court records show.

Jessica A. Anaya, 23, of the 500 block of Union Street, was also charged Dec. 13 with driving under the influence, disobeying a traffic signal, misdemeanor resisting arrest and driving without insurance.

Police were notified about 9:30 p.m. that someone driving a 2007 red Nissan Titan pickup truck had run a red light, struck a 2015 Kia Optima and continued driving west on a rim – as its driver’s side tire had come off – according to police reports obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.

The Kia driver told police she was traveling on North Randall Road, approaching a green light at Dean Street, when she saw the pickup truck driving west on Dean Street enter the intersection; it struck her car on the passenger side, reports stated. The impact spun the Kia around and pushed it into a traffic signal on a raised island at the northwest corner of the intersection, reports stated.

The pickup truck ended up on the northwest side of the roadway in the snow. The Kia driver told police she approached the pickup truck to ask if everyone was all right, but the driver started up the pickup truck and drove west on Dean Street from Randall Road, reports stated.

Police found Anaya and a passenger on Babson Lane, along with the pickup truck, and the Kia driver positively identified Anaya as the driver of the pickup truck that struck her car, reports stated.

According to the police reports, Anaya was verbally abusive to the responding officers, resisted being handcuffed, and at one point, kicked an officer in the groin, causing him pain, reports stated.

The felony battery charge carries a penalty of three to seven years in prison; the felony driving under the influence charge has a penalty of one to three years in prison, and both charges can include fines of up to $25,000.

Anaya was released after posting $1,000 bond, or 10 percent of the $10,000 bail that was set, court records show.