UPDATE: Wife Beater Tio Hardiman, executive director of CeaseFire Illinois - Head of CeaseFire Illinois charged with domestic battery - BEAT HIS WIFE & LEFT SIGNS OF INJURY ON HER

UPDATE: Someone who passed way more promotional tests that we ever have pointed this out:

• Prosecutors said that Hardiman was convicted in 1999 of misdemeanor domestic battery. Serpe said that case involved a different woman. Hardiman is scheduled to appear in court again on Tuesday.

A previous conviction, regardless of the victim, automatically upgrades the Domestic charge to a Felony, doesn't it?

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Tio Hardiman, the director of the anti-violence group CeaseFire Illinois, was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery Friday morning at his home in west suburban Hillside.

Hardiman's wife came to the Hillside police station about 8 a.m. today with "signs of injury" and filed a formal complaint against him, according to Police Chief Joseph Lukaszek. 

Hardiman, 50, was taken into custody an hour later. Lukaszek provided no details of the alleged incident but said it happened early Friday morning or late Thursday night. He was scheduled to appear at a bond hearing Saturday, the police chief said.

In the wake of the arrest, Hardiman’s status with CeaseFire wasn't known. 

CeaseFire receives state funding to send out violence “interrupters” to mediate gang conflicts in crime-plagued neighborhoods throughout Chicago. It’s national profile was raised in 2011 with the release of the documentary “The Interrupters,” which won several awards and featured Hardiman and others within CeaseFire. 

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