Stun Gun Used By Police In Pub Brawls At Oak Forest Fleadh: Cops

OAK FOREST, IL — Police used a stun gun on one of two people accused of fighting at a bar during this past weekend's Oak Forest Fleadh, according to the Daily Southtown. Crystal Fakhouri, 24, of the 5100 block of Chippewa Court, Oak Forest, and Bradley Camerino, 34, of the 3700 block of West 117th Street, Alsip, each were charged with battery and resisting arrest stemming from several brawls that broke out at the celebration of Irish culture, the report added.

Accordng to Oak Forest police, the fights began at around 8:40 p.m. Saturday, March 4, outside the Blarney Stone Pub, 15400 S. Cicero Ave., when the nightspot's 5o-year-old owner and another person were attacked, the report stated. The owner claimed Fakhouri, who also was charged with criminal trespassing, allegedly punched her in the face and pulled her hair during the altercation, the report added.

As around 150 people began to gather, officers were grabbed and pushed by crowd members, the report stated. Eventually, Fakhouri was handcuffed, but a Midlothian police K-9 unit was needed to help an Oak Forest police officer escort her along 154th Street after three men surrounded them, the report added.

Another brawl then broke out — this one allegedly involving Camerino — while police questioned a victim, the report stated. When Camerino resisted handcuffs, police used a stun gun to subdue him, the report added.

A security guard for the pub accused Camerino of picking fights with other people by shoving them, according to the Southtown.

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