Quincy men accused in Blessing Hospital parking lot stabbing set for arraignment

QUINCY — The two Quincy men arrested in connection with a Sept. 15 stabbing appeared in Adams County Circuit Court on Monday and had their arraignments set for separate dates in October

Dylan M. Test, 20, and Heaton S. Brothers, 19, were charged last week with attempted murder, armed violence and aggravated battery. According to a Quincy Police Department report, officers found a male stabbing victim in the parking lot at Blessing Hospital, 1005 Broadway, around 11:15 p.m.

An investigation and questioning of witness led to the arrests. Surveillance video from Blessing Hospital allegedly also shows Test and Brothers attacking the man with Test stabbing him in the chest.

Brothers appeared before Judge Zachary Boren first and was represented by Quincy attorney Don Heck. Heck had not yet received all of the reports and requested more time. Boren set the arraignment for Oct. 17.

Brothers was next before Boren and was represented by Jen Kusmer of the St. Louis law firm of Frank, Juengel & Radefeld. Test’s arraignment was scheduled for Oct. 31.

Test and Brothers were the first two arrestees held in Adams County as part of the pretrial provisions of the SAFE-T Act, which eliminated cash bond as a condition for pretrial release in Illinois. Boren found both men constituted a threat to the community and ordered them held.

Both Test and Brothers remain in the Adams County Jail.