Man Smashes Father's Apartment WIndow and Truck Windshield, Deputy Says

A man broke his father’s apartment window and damaged his truck with a landscaping rock after the father refused to allow him inside his home.

Joseph Gilliam, 27, was charged April 15 with first-degree property damage.

A St. Charles County Sheriff’s deputy said Gilliam’s father told him he had his son leave the residence in the first block of Fairway Circle because of his son’s drinking and aggressive behavior. The apartment is in St. Charles County near St. Charles.

When his father refused to let him inside, Gilliam threw a landscaping rock through the apartment window, according to a court document. He then took a landscaping rock and threw it at his father’s 2003 Chevrolet S-10, shattering the windshield. He also threw a rock on the truck’s roof, denting it and damaging the paintm, a deputy reported.

Estimated damage to the truck was $1,200. Estimated damage to the apartment window was $750.

Bail for Gilliam was set at $10,000.

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