Boulder Hill Man Charged With Aggravated Battery to Girlfriend's Children

A Boulder Hill man has been charged with aggravated battery against two children, Kendall County Sheriff’s deputies said.

Brian C. LeSure, 30, of the 0-100 block of Rocky Way in Boulder Hill, was charged after Kendall County deputies were called in to assist the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services with a child abuse investigation at that home at about 2:40 p.m. on Monday, April 4, Sheriff's Deputy Craig French said.

Investigators found bruises on two children living there, a five-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl, French said. LeSure, the live-in boyfriend of the children’s mother, said he had struck the children on the buttocks with a leather belt eight or nine times, according to French.

The children were taken to Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, where they were treated and released. They have been removed from the home and taken into protective custody by DCFS, French said.

LeSure was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a child, a class three felony, and two counts of misdemeanor domestic battery, French said. He is being held at the Kendall County Jail.

Brian LeSure is the brother of Theddias LeSure, 23, of the 2400 block of Riva Ridge Road, who is charged with 28 counts of murder, attempted murder and arson for allegedly setting the fire that killed his cousin, Maurice Vaughn, 32, and his brother, Matthew LeSure, 26, in June of 2009.

Theddias LeSure was in February, and is currently in the custody of the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health. He was set to face the death penalty, until Gov. Pat Quinn signed the law repealing it in early March.