Crime & Safety
Sword-Wielding Elmhurst Woman Arrested: Cops
The woman was charged with aggravated battery, among other offenses, and taken to jail.
ELMHURST, IL – Elmhurst police officers were called this week to a house in a local neighborhood for a report of a sword-wielding woman in a domestic disturbance, authorities said.
Collette Bajic, 54, who lives in the 100 block of South Oakland Grove in Elmhurst, was arrested about 11:30 p.m. Sunday at her house on charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, misdemeanor domestic battery (two counts) and resisting a police officer, police said.
She was taken to the DuPage County Jail. As of Thursday, she was no longer there, according to jail records.
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Police said the man reported that the woman cut his hand with the sword.
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