A 32-year-old man wanted in connection with a stabbing in Florida was taken into custody in Chicago on Tuesday, November 3, after he answered the door of an apartment in the 100 block of West Elm Street. Deontae Henry had been the target of an investigation by the Cook County Sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit and the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force before officers tracked him down.
Tip Led Investigators to Chicago Apartment
According to the Cook County Sheriff's Office
, the case began on October 13 when the U.S. Marshals Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force reached out to officers in Illinois seeking help locating Henry. Broward County had issued an arrest warrant for Henry on charges of aggravated battery and bodily harm with a deadly weapon, per the sheriff's office. Investigators eventually learned Henry was staying at the West Elm Street address, and the sheriff's office says he was taken into custody there after answering the door.
Henry is now being held at Cook County Jail while he awaits extradition to Florida, the sheriff's office reported. The account does not specify when or where the alleged stabbing occurred, nor does it name an alleged victim — details that remain tied to the underlying Broward County case rather than the arrest itself.
What Florida Law Says About the Charge
Under Florida law, aggravated battery involving the use of a deadly weapon is classified as a second-degree felony, according to the Florida Legislature. That statute describes how the offense is generally categorized under state law and does not reflect any determination about Henry's guilt or the specifics of his case.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office emphasized in its announcement that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, a standard reminder the agency attached to the arrest report.
Task Forces Built for Cross-State Manhunts
In Henry's case, Cook County deputies worked with the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force. The U.S. Marshals Service says its Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force has apprehended more than 117,700 fugitives since it was formed, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. In a similar case from April 2024, the agency credited the Eastern District of Wisconsin Fugitive Task Force, part of the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, with apprehending a fugitive in Racine, Wisconsin, working alongside local police, the county sheriff's office, and the fire department, as detailed in a release from the U.S. Marshals Service.
For now, Henry's case remains in the hands of Cook County Jail officials pending the extradition process to Florida. No further details on a court date or the case's ultimate outcome have been released.
