Joseph P. Messina

Eric Bartels, the victim of a battery outside of 191 South, a Mokena bar and restaurant, is escorted out of the Will County Courthouse by his caregiver, Randy Menzie, right, and others after the bench trial of the case in Joliet, IL on Thursday January 3, 2013. His attacker, Joe Messina, of New Lenox, was found guilty of three counts of aggravated battery. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Eric Bartels, the victim of a battery outside of 191 South, a Mokena bar and restaurant, is escorted out of the Will County Courthouse by his caregiver, Randy Menzie, center, and others after the bench trial of the case in Joliet, IL on Thursday January 3, 2013. His attacker, Joe Messina, of New Lenox, was found guilty of three counts of aggravated battery. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Joseph Messina. left, and his wife Michelle, parents of Joe Messina, New Lenox, talk outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, IL on Thursday January 3, 2013 after their son was found guilty of three counts of aggravated battery in a case where he hit Eric Bartels outside of 191 South, a Mokena bar and restaurant. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Jan Bartels, mother of Eric Bartels, the victim of a battery outside of 191 South, a Mokena bar and restaurant, talks about the verdict in the case outside of the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, IL on Thursday January 3, 2013. His attacker, Joe Messina, of New Lenox, was found guilty of three counts of aggravated battery. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Supporters of Joe Messina, of New Lenox hug outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, IL on Thursday January 3, 2013. Messina was found guilty of three counts of aggravated battery in a case where he hit Eric Bartels outside of 191 South, a Mokena bar and restaurant. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Janet Bartels, mother of Eric Bartels, the victim of a battery outside of 191 South, a Mokena bar and restaurant, gets a hug after the verdict in the case outside of the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, IL on Thursday January 3, 2013. His attacker, Joe Messina, of New Lenox, was found guilty of three counts of aggravated battery. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Joe Messina, right, of New Lenox outside the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, IL on Thursday January 3, 2013. He was found guilty of three counts of aggravated battery in a case where he hit Eric Bartels outside of 191 South, a Mokena bar and restaurant. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media

Joe Messina, center, of New Lenox leaves the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, IL on Thursday January 3, 2013. He was found guilty of three counts of aggravated battery in a case where he hit Eric Bartels outside of 191 South, a Mokena bar and restaurant. | Matt Marton~Sun-Times Media