Global Courant 2023-05-12 08:42:21
A Chicago woman arrested in a series of unprovoked assaults with baseball bats on other women was charged with aggravating injuries with a deadly weapon and other crimes, authorities said Thursday.
Denise Solorzano, 26, also faces multiple counts of grievous bodily injury in a public place and aggravated assault with a motor vehicle, Chicago police said in a statement.
In an earlier statement, police said five attacks were reported on two days – Sunday and Tuesday – on the northwest side of the city. A bat was used on three of them, the department said.
In each of the five incidents, victims reported that the attacker approached them in a white car between 11:27 a.m. and 3:46 p.m. The department did not say whether any of the women knew Solorzano.
A woman defends herself against a bat-wielding assailant in Chicago.NBC Chicago
In one of the attacks on Sunday one woman told NBC Chicago that the attacker pulled her to the ground by her ponytail.
Video obtained by the station shows a woman approaching a woman with a stroller in the front yard of a home on Tuesday and repeatedly beating her with a metal bat, NBC Chicago reported.
Nearly all of the victims refused urgent medical care, police said. One was hospitalized and was initially in good condition.
The victims were 27, 31, 34, 19 and 33, the department said.
During a trial Thursday, Solorzano was ordered to be held on $800,000 bond, NBC Chicago reported.
Her lawyer says she has no criminal record.
