North Shore Woman Attacked Cops, Paramedic, Hurled Slurs: Reports

GLENCOE, IL — A North Shore woman twice last month attacked first responders who had been called to assist her, according to police reports. She was accused of punching a Glencoe cop on March 2, two weeks before she reportedly slapped a paramedic in Northfield and unleashed a stream of profane threats, and racist and homophobic slurs at police on the scene.

Felicia D. Gillman, 54, who listed a Highland Park address after her Glencoe arrest and an address in Glencoe following her arrest in Northfield, was charged with aggravated battery to a police officer and misdemeanor battery. In both instances, police reports describe her as highly intoxicated and aggressive.

In the first instance, two Glencoe public safety officers were called to the home a relative who Gillman would later list as her home address shortly after 8 p.m. on Friday, March 2. Police described hearing a woman yelling and screaming through the garage as soon as they arrived.

"Just give me the f---ing keys," one heard her said. When they first encountered the woman, identified as Gillman, she reportedly threatened to kick them in the crotch and punch them in the face. A lieutenant arrived and asked how officers could be of assistance. The officer described how she turned her anger toward him, punching him in the shoulder with a closed fist and attempting a second swing. Gillman tried to kick police repeatedly after being handcuffed, according to reports. She proceeded to kick the window and continued to made demands of the officers and threaten bodily harm as they took her to the station.

2 Fridays Later:

Almost exactly two weeks later, Northfield police got a call from an employee of a bar in the 1700 block of Orchard Lane. The tavern had not served her, but she was already drunk and refused to leave, according to 911 audio. Police were told she had first showed up to the bar between 6:30 and 7:30 p.m. She stumbled in the front door and allegedly started a fight with a table of patrons after trying to eat their pizza off their table. An employee told her she had to leave and called her a taxi, he told police. He also made her a cup of coffee and watched as she got into the taxi and left.

Less than two hours later, around 8:05 p.m., Gilman returned. The staffer told police he again asked her to leave, but this time she refused to get in a cab. When she accused him of inappropriate touching and threatened to call the cops – bar staff called police instead. Officers convinced her to walk out of the bar. As they walked out, she fell and injured herself, according to reports. Officers called paramedics and the Northfield Fire Department, accord.

Gillman aggressively refused treatment, tossing obscenities at the assistant fire chief, according to Northfield police. A paramedic asked her to calm down so he could check on her injuries and asked her to come into the ambulance to stay warm. She responded by slapping him across the face. As officers handcuffed her around 8:26 p.m., she began trying to kick them. She then reportedly spat at the cops as they tried to buckle her into a squad car and kicked the windows.

As she arrived at the Northfield Police Department, she repeated a similar allegation as the one that preceded to the 911 call. According to police reports, she repeatedly referred to one officer as a racial slur and asserted the Wilmette policewoman called to assist with the search was a lesbian.

"The black officer with black hands touched my vagina," Gillman began yelling. Police reports indicate no one touched her improperly. While handcuffed at the station, police documented several obscene threats and recorded a breath sample indicating her blood alcohol concentration remained 0.183 later that evening.

"You are a pencil d--- and you probably hate Jews," Gillman reportedly said, among other things. "I want to take your gun and shoot you in the head."

Officers spoke with a prosecutor from the to the felony review unit of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, who advised they were unable to screen the case with any of the three officers on duty, because they had all been on scene.

Later, police reported Gillman started to calm down and said she could not remember why she was there or what happened at the bar.

Gillman could not be reached for comment.