A 46-year-old man in Illinois has been arrested and accused of trying to kill a wheelchair-bound man, allegedly beating and stomping the victim's head until he lost consciousness, then telling authorities he wanted to "watch him die."

Montez Edward Bolden was taken into custody last week and charged with one count of attempted first-degree murder and four counts of aggravated battery, records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

According to a brief news release from the Springfield Police Department, officers made the arrest at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24, while responding to a report of an "active disturbance" at the intersection of South 6th Street and Jefferson Street.

While en route to the area, the emergency dispatcher notified the officers that witnesses reported seeing a man wear

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