Woman Removed Kicking and Spitting At Worth Police: Cops

WORTH, IL — A Chicago woman currently admitted to a hospital is accused of kicking and spitting police officers during an arrest. A Worth police officer was in court seeking a bond for Christina Guanajuato, 27. She has been charged with four felony counts of aggravated battery.

On Aug. 28, Worth police were investigating a report of domestic battery in the 6500 block of West 111th Street. As officers were assisting Guanajuato to a police vehicle, she kicked an officer in the shin as she was being walked down some stairs, the officer said in court.

As Guanajuato was being loaded into a police squad car, she allegedly kicked an officer in the knee, who wrestled Guanajuato to the ground. Paramedics arrived after Guanajuato expressed suicidal ideations, the officer said. While strapped to a gurney, the officer told that judge that Guanajuato started spitting at police officers and paramedics.

The officer told Cook County Judge John Mahoney that Guanajuato had been voluntarily admitted to Palos Community Hospital because she was suicidal.
Bail was set at $25,000. Guanajuato is due back in court on Sept. 26 in Bridgeview.