Crime & Safety

Intoxicated Woman Charged After She Spits on Security Guard at Hospital: Police

​The 24-year-old Deerfield woman has been charged with battery.

A 24-year-old Deerfield woman has been charged with battery after she allegedly spit on a security guard at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville last month.

Rebecca K. Thomas was brought to the hospital on Nov. 15 due to her level of intoxication, according to a Libertyville Police Department report. During an attempt to leave the hospital against medical orders, she spit on a security guard.

On Dec. 2, Thomas presented herself at the Libertyville Police Department where she was issued a local ordinance citation for battery, according to a police report.

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Her court date was scheduled for Dec. 21, 2016 at Mundelein Branch Court.

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