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Rockford police arrested Montell Montgomery on attempted murder and robbery charges after a woman was hospitalized.
Rockford News First reported that Montell "Duke" Montgomery, 40, was arrested Oct. 8, 2026, and charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery, robbery, and unlawful restraint. Officers had been called Sept. 27 to a hospital for a 20-year-old woman with a broken nose, head cuts, facial bruises, and neck marks consistent with strangulation.
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The charges are accusations. Rockford News First said Montgomery was booked into the Winnebago County Jail pending a detention hearing, with a first appearance expected Oct. 9. The woman was not named. The account does not describe a sexual assault.
WTVO reported that Rockford officers were called to a hospital around 7:09 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27, for a battery victim. The 20-year-old woman had head lacerations, a broken nose, facial bruising, and marks consistent with strangulation. Investigators identified Montgomery as the suspect. WTVO said he was arrested Thursday, Oct. 8, and held in the Winnebago County Jail.
Rockford News First listed the charges as attempted murder, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, aggravated battery in a public place, robbery, and unlawful restraint. The station said he was expected to make a first appearance Oct. 9. No outcome of that hearing was in the accounts used here. The woman is not named in this story.
An arrest and a jail booking are the start of the case. They are not a conviction. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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