(This story was updated to add new information.)
(Editor’s note: The case involving domestic battery charges against Ted Dent has been dismissed and expunged.)
BELVIDERE — Ted Dent, a former Rockford IceHogs head coach, was arrested on domestic battery charges on Sunday by Loves Park police. He appeared in Boone County court in Belvidere on Tuesday.
Loves Park Police Chief Chuck Lynde said police were called at 12:35 a.m. to a home on Callanish Lane, Loves Park. He said it was a “911 hangup call.” When officers arrived, he said they used a battering ram to gain entry “in response to what they were hearing.”
Dent, 39, was charged with domestic battery/bodily harm and domestic battery/physical contact. He was ordered not to have contact with two people.
On Tuesday, after appearing before a judge, Dent was released on a recognizance bond. He is set to appear next in court on April 16.
Dent was the IceHogs coach for six years until he was fired in 2017 after a losing year.
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Reporting by Georgette Braun / Rockford Register Star
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