For the third time since he was jailed on attempted murder charges last September, Kendall County inmate Taylor James Cano, 26, of the 300 block of South Fordham Avenue, Aurora, has picked up additional felony charges.
Cano is accused of battering two deputies at the jail while they tried to retrieve a food tray from his cell, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
Both deputies were treated and released for cuts and bruises at a nearby hospital, according to the sheriff’s office.
The Kendall County state’s attorney’s office approved two counts of aggravated battery, both class two felonies, against Cano.
Earlier this month, Cano was accused of ambushing a sheriff’s deputy by throwing feces at him when officers opened his cell door. He was charged with aggravated battery to a police officer, a class 2 felony, in that incident.
The deputies injured during the food tray battery were not involved in the Nov. 2 incident, Deputy Mike Mrozek said.
In February, Cano was accused of creating a “stabbing instrument” from a toothbrush in the jail and charged with unlawful possession of a weapon in the custody of a department of corrections. Deputies found the “sharp-edged” weapon after they received information from another inmate and searched Cano’s cell, Mrozek told The Beacon-News at the time.
In August 2015, Oswego police shot Cano, then 25, on Ashlawn Avenue near Lombardy Lane after he called 911 and said he was going to shoot himself in the street, along with anyone who came to help, Oswego police said.
After police arrived, Cano raised a gun toward them, and was commanded to drop the weapon, according to police. He didn’t, and two officers fired, striking Cano once, police said. Illinois State Police conducted an independent investigation into the shooting.
Last year, Kendall County State’s Attorney Eric Weis announced that no criminal charges would be filed against the two Oswego police officers who fired their weapons during the August confrontation. Weis called the officers’ actions warranted, justified and necessary to prevent what may have transpired.
For that incident, Cano was charged with attempted first-degree murder, unlawful use or possession of a weapon by a felon, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated discharge of a firearm.
He is next scheduled to appear in court at 9 a.m. Nov. 30 in Room 113 at the Kendall County Courthouse in Yorkville.
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