Savanna man charged with threatening 3 people with knife, stabbing one, biting another near Fulton

MORRISON – A Savanna man held Monday in the Whiteside County Jail is accused of threatening three people Saturday, stabbing and wounding one man, using a knife to detain two of them, and biting another.

Brett A. Cahoone, 31, was charged Monday with two counts of aggravated battery and one count each of aggravated unlawful restraint, aggravated assault and unlawful use of a weapon, according to court documents. All charges accuse him of using a knife; the same alleged victim is listed in each charge, with the exception of the unlawful use of a weapon charge, which does not name a victim.

Cahoone also is charged with aggravated battery, accused of biting the hand of another person Saturday on Waller Road near Fulton; aggravated unlawful restraint for allegedly using a kitchen knife to detain that person; and aggravated assault for using a knife to cause the person to be “in reasonable apprehension of receiving an imminent battery.”

A charge of aggravated assault accuses Cahoone of using a knife to cause a third person to believe they were facing an imminent battery.

Court documents state all of the offenses happened Saturday, but specifics about the time and location of each offense were not available Monday afternoon.

Cahoone remains in the Whiteside County Jail after prosecutors’ request to keep him detained was granted. Cahoone’s next court appearance is a preliminary hearing set for 1 p.m. Nov. 4 in Whiteside County Circuit Court.