A Chicago woman was charged after allegedly biting a cop at the Hammond Walmart who was trying to arrest her son for holding a hatchet during a large fight with loss prevention workers.
A Chicago woman was charged after allegedly biting a cop at a north Hammond Walmart who was trying to arrest her son for holding a hatchet during a large fight with loss prevention workers.
Yunis Pinto, 35, was charged Monday with battery with bodily injury to a public safety officer, a Level 5 felony, and resisting law enforcement, a Level 6 felony. Court filings show she was arrested Monday. She is ordered held on a $30,000, or $3,000 cash surety bond.There, officers saw a “chaotic scene” with a “large crowd” where multiple people were fighting with an off-duty Indiana State Trooper and the store’s loss prevention employees, who are tasked with preventing shoplifting.As one officer took a “hatchet” from Pinto’s son, 17, and put it up on a shelf, she allegedly wrapped her arms around the boy to stop his arrest.
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