Overview

• Lake County prosecutors said Dante Salinas was found guilty of one felony count for repeatedly punching an unarmed man during an August 2019 encounter in Waukegan.
• Salinas was acquitted of aggravated battery in the same case, according to the State’s Attorney’s Office.
• Prosecutors said the 2019 confrontation escalated as Salinas drew his gun, fired his Taser several times, and punched Angel Salgado, who suffered a broken eye socket.
• Judge George Strickland ruled the force used in the 2019 arrest was unreasonable, and records show Salinas admitted in his report to punching Salgado.
• A separate case tied to an October 2020 traffic-stop shooting that killed 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette remains pending; prosecutors say Salinas fired seven shots, his body camera was off until after the gunfire, neither person had a weapon, and a civil lawsuit was previously settled.