Crime & Safety
Woman Pepper Sprays Victim Holding Infant, Cops Say
Police say that during a beauty school graduation turned violent, a woman sprayed two people in the face using a "dog spray" canister containing a Capsaicin, which is the primary component in pepper spray.
Two were arrested earlier this week during a post-beauty-school-graduation melee at the , where police said a woman used "dog spray" on another woman who was holding a baby.
were called about the fight around 6:15 p.m. Sunday, July 15, in the parking lot at the Convention Center, 18501 Convention Center Drive, according to the police report.
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"I arrived on scene and observed numerous persons yelling in the parking lot," an officer wrote, in the report. "I spoke to (a 21-year-old victim) who related that a female now known as Tamika Greene sprayed her in the face with Mace while (she) was inside the Tinley Park Convention Center."
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Cmdr. Steve Vaccaro confirmed earlier this week that the women were attending a beauty school commencement, though he didn't specify which.
While the officer was questioning the victim, Deandra J. Wilson, 19, of the 4000 block of South Dearborn in Chicago, reportedly ran up to her and slapped her in the face. Wilson was then detained by another responding officer, according to the report.
"I spoke with Greene and Greene related that she did spray Mace because someone hit her in the face with a shoe," the report said. "I observed Greene to have a minor laceration to her forehead."
Greene, 30, of the 22200 block of Brookwood Drive in Sauk Village; and the 21-year-old victim were each treated at the scene.
Another 17-year-old victim then came forward, telling police that she, too, was sprayed in the face with what was later identified as "a can of Dog Spray containing Capsaicin." Police said Capsaicin is the main compound in chili peppers and pepper spray.
That 17-year-old was holding an infant at the time of the attack, police said. The infant was unharmed.
Police found the can of dog spray on Greene, they said.
She was charged with two counts of battery and one count of reckless conduct. Wilson was charged with one count of battery.
The two are due in court July 30.
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