A Chicago lady arrested in a collection of unprovoked baseball bat assaults on different ladies was accused of aggravated battery with a lethal weapon and different crimes, authorities mentioned Thursday.
Denise Solorzano, 26, additionally faces a number of counts of aggravated battery in a public place and aggravated assault with a motorcar, Chicago police mentioned in a press release.
In an earlier assertion, the police division mentioned 5 assaults had been reported on two days — Sunday and Tuesday — on town’s Northwest aspect. A bat was utilized in three of them, the division mentioned.
In every of the 5 incidents, victims reported the assailant approached them in a white automotive between 11:27 a.m. and three:46 pm. The division didn’t say whether or not any of the ladies knew Solorzano.
In one of many Sunday assaults, a woman told NBC Chicago that the assailant pulled her to the bottom by her ponytail.
Video obtained by the station exhibits a girl strategy a girl with a stroller within the entrance yard of a house on Tuesday and repeatedly strike her with a metallic bat, NBC Chicago reported.
Practically all the victims refused emergency medical care, the police division mentioned. One was hospitalized and initially reported to be in good situation.
The victims had been 27, 31, 34, 19 and 33, the division mentioned.
At a court docket look Thursday, Solorzano was ordered held on $800,000 bond, NBC Chicago reported.
Her lawyer mentioned she has no legal historical past, based on the station.
Tim Stelloh is a breaking information reporter for NBC Information Digital.
