Battery charge against Homer Glen trustee dropped

Prosecutors said Tuesday they would not be prosecuting charges against Homer Glen Trustee Rose Reynders, who was arrested for battery after a verbal altercation in July at the Homer Glen Village Hall.

Reynders declined to comment after the brief appearance at the Will County courthouse Tuesday in which prosecutors announced they would not proceed with the case.

Reynders first was elected to the Homer Glen Village Board in 2021 as a member of the People Not Politics slate. She has announced she will run for mayor in the spring of 2023 and has been endorsed by the Homer Township Republican Organization.

Reynders is the owner of Tazza Italian Ristorante in Homer Glen and co-chairs the Village Board’s Parks and Recreation Committee, where she has been active planting an herb garden, bringing in a playground and designing a veterans’ memorial for Heritage Park. She is also working with village staff and members of the community and economic development committee to create a Town Center concept in

Homer Glen.

The Will County sheriff’s department arrested Reynders July 29 for battery after an altercation earlier that day with Homer Glen Clerk Christina Neitzke-Troike, who said she was in a closed-door meeting with the village manager when Reynders allegedly yelled at her, ripped up her business card and threw it at her.

Neitzke-Troike, who is also planning to run for mayor, appeared July 29 before a Will County judge, who granted a no-contact order.

After the no-contact order expired last month, Neitzke-Troike said in a statement she hopes they can move on for the betterment of the community.

“There will always be disagreements, but let’s not be disagreeable and let’s put the interests of this great community first,” Neitzke-Troike said in a statement last month. “I am proud to call Homer Glen my home and I am honored to be able to serve the people of this great community. I urge civility and a commitment to working together for the good of Homer Glen.”