Man who kicked Algonquin officer is released from jail

WOODSTOCK – A judge let a 30-year-old man with bipolar disorder and epilepsy out of jail without bond after learning a recent fall was related to his medical care in jail.

Michael A. Fedor, who allegedly kicked an Algonquin police officer July 16, hit his head on a water fountain when his vision was blurred because he was receiving too much of his epilepsy medication.

Fedor said he generally was tested at least once a month to see whether he has too much of the medication in his system, but no such test had been conducted since he was jailed about two months ago.

“My vision was coming in and out, blurriness” before he fell on his way to take a shower, said Fedor, of Palatine.

After⊇the⊇fall,⊇Fedor spent three days in the hospital and received stitches along his nose and forehead.

Judge Sharon Prather allowed Fedor to leave jail Friday on a personal-recognizance bond. Previously, he would have had to post 10 percent of $15,000 bail in connection to his Class 2 felony charge, which is punishable by up to seven years in prison.

He is next due in court Thursday.

Meanwhile, his family disputes that he kicked the police officer.

His father, James Fedor, said he called the police July 16 because Michael Fedor refused to leave his Algonquin home after an argument.

James Fedor said a police officer handcuffed his son while he was having an epileptic seizure, but none of the family present saw him strike the officer.

Algonquin Deputy Police Chief Ed Urban said family members raised similar concerns with police about six weeks after the incident.

Officials investigated the concerns⊇and⊇ultimately stood by their initial report.