LAKE COUNTY, IL — A 35-year-old Libertyville lady accused of driving drunk and dragging one other lady who tried to flee her automotive, earlier than then putting the lady together with her car, is predicted in court docket subsequent week.
A bond evaluate listening to for Katrice Brown, of the 1400 block of West Park Avenue, is about for 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Lake County Circuit Court docket. Brown is presently being held on the Lake County Jail on a $250,000 bail.
Brown is charged with aggravated battery with a lethal weapon, aggravated assault with a motorcar and DUI – alcohol fees and two counts of aggravated home battery in reference to the Could 27 incident in Gages Lake.
Authorities say Brown and the opposite lady obtained into an argument at a restaurant and bar within the space of Route 45 and Gages Lake Highway earlier than leaving the institution, in accordance with a information launch from the Lake County Sheriff’s Workplace. They have been each in Brown’s automotive when the lady tried to get out however Brown then stepped on the accelerator, police mentioned.
The lady was dragged alongside. After she was hit by the car, Brown then fled the scene. She returned a short while later and threatened to shoot the lady. The lady crawled again within the automotive and Brown fled once more, police mentioned.
A short while later, a Grayslake Police Division officer noticed the automotive within the space of Route 45 and Brae Loch Highway in Grayslake. Brown obtained out of her automotive and began yelling “shoot me” and “kill me,” police mentioned. Authorities have been in a position to calm her and take her into custody.
The Libertyville lady injured within the incident was taken by ambulance to an space hospital with vital accidents from being struck and dragged by the automotive. She is predicted to recuperate, in accordance with police.
“This was an incident that would have ended a lot otherwise if it weren’t for our skilled, devoted, {and professional} employees who labored collectively to resolve this incident safely for everybody concerned,” mentioned Sheriff John Idleburg in an announcement.
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