A woman from Marietta, Georgia, already on probation after an earlier domestic-battery case involving her boyfriend is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery after an alleged knife attack at a Washington Street home on Oct. 29. At her first appearance after the incident, a judge barred Jessica Olivares-Moran from contacting the alleged victim, Lake & McHenry County Scanner reported.
Disputed accounts of the October incident
Police were called to a home in the 2800 block of Washington Street at about 9:42 p.m. The boyfriend told officers that Olivares-Moran cut his hand with a kitchen knife during an argument about their daughter’s plan to enlist in the Army. The report said the injury was a laceration between his right thumb and index finger, treated at the scene.
Olivares-Moran denied cutting him, according to the outlet’s account of court records. She alleged that he choked her with a belt and then cut his own hand; officers reported seeing no injuries on her consistent with that account. The boyfriend declined to pursue charges and did not provide a written statement, but prosecutors filed charges. The competing accounts remain allegations, not findings that the charged conduct occurred.
Officers reported that Olivares-Moran resisted arrest before being taken into custody. She faces one felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and two misdemeanor domestic-battery counts, the outlet reported. At her first appearance, Judge Patricia Cornell found probable cause and initially held Olivares-Moran until a detention hearing; prosecutors sought detention.
The earlier case and local support
The new allegation comes amid an earlier case involving the same couple. According to Lake & McHenry County Scanner, Olivares-Moran pleaded guilty in May 2024 to one count of domestic battery and received 24 months of probation, with credit for 42 days served in jail. Prosecutors later petitioned to revoke her probation, and a judge issued an arrest warrant in October 2025, the outlet reported.
The judge’s no-contact condition in this criminal case is distinct from the broader local process for seeking an order of protection. The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office Domestic Violence Division prosecutes misdemeanor and felony domestic-violence crimes and assists victims seeking criminal orders of protection. The office says orders of protection are available around the clock, seven days a week, with an after-hours hotline.
The 19th Judicial Circuit Court says A Safe Place court advocates at the Lake County Criminal Court Tower help people complete paperwork and navigate the process of obtaining an order of protection. A Safe Place says its services for survivors are free and lists 24-hour lines at (847) 249-4450 and 1-800-600-SAFE (7233).
Olivares-Moran was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in the new case on Nov. 23, according to the outlet. The charges have not been resolved in court.
