An Irving Park woman who intentionally unleashed pepper spray in a crowded concert hall at House of Blues last Thursday night wound up getting much more than she bargained for, police said.
TheĀ sold-out crowd, packed in to see rapper Lil Skies, turned on 23-year-old Jocelyn Martinez and beat her silly, according to a CPD report.
Around 8 p.m., Martinez āknowingly and intentionally discharged pepper sprayā into āa large crowd of concert attendees,ā prosecutors said in their charging papers. Police wrote that Martinez āendangered the safety of the patrons of House of Bluesā by discharging a can of āmaximum strength pepper spray.ā But the danger reversed course after the gas was sprayed.
Police say a number of āunknown patronsā beat Martinez on the club floor. Cops say she suffered two black eyes and a bloody noseāand that seems to line-up with what weāre seeing in her post-clean-up mugshot. Ouch.
Martinez was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for treatment of her injuries. Then, she was charged with reckless conduct and resisting police before being freed on a recognizance bond.