Police: Bar patron pushed, kicked, spit on officer

BATAVIA – An Aurora woman was charged with felony aggravated battery to a police officer after she allegedly pushed, kicked and spit on an officer following her removal from a local bar, according to a Batavia police report released through an open records request.

Hanin A. Asfour, 29,of the 2100 block of Wolcott Lane, Aurora, was also charged Dec. 1 with felony damage to state supported property – damaging a police car door – and misdemeanor resisting a police officer, according to police and court records.

Asfour was released on a personal recognizance bond and is to appear in court Jan. 5 for a status hearing, court records show.

The charges against Asfour stem from an incident at Bulldog’s Cellar Bar & Grill, 1 E. Wilson St. shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 30, records show.

The bar owner called police to have Asfour escorted off the property “due to her level of intoxication,” the report stated.

Asfour was confrontational with officers, and struck one officer in the chest with her open palms, the report stated.

Police handcuffed her and placed her in a squad car, the report stated.

During transport, Asfour kicked the plexiglass between her and the officers approximately eight times, reports stated.

When the officer opened the car door in an attempt to calm her down, Asfour kicked the door open, causing it to strike a nearby mailbox which damaged the edge of the door, reports stated.

While being escorted to the booking area, Asfour spit on one officer’s right shoulder and the police radio, the report stated.

When the officer held her against the wall to stop her from spitting on him, Asfour rear kicked the officer’s right thigh, causing him to step back, the report stated.

The officer secured Asfour against the wall again when she turned her head and spit toward him again, but missed this time, the report stated.

Asfour was held against the wall until a spit shield could be placed over her head and she was placed in a holding cell, the report stated.

The most serious charge Asfour faces is aggravated battery to a police officer, a Class 2 felony punishable by four to seven years in prison and fines up to $25,000, or probation up to four years.

She was released on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond, court records show.

Asfour said she was at Bulldog’s for a birthday celebration and karaoke night and said she does not know why police came to get her.

“I was out with my friends for a birthday party and I don’t know what I did,” Asfour said. “I never do anything wrong. I never cause any problems. I got drunk once upon a time and the cops come to take me. ‘Why are you taking me? I didn’t do anything.’ They just took me. I was screaming, ‘Why are you taking me?’”

Asfour said she has never been arrested before – not even a traffic ticket.

“It was karaoke night and I was probably super drunk,” Asfour said. “They kept giving me shots and I ended up being drunk. I was having so much fun.”

Officers also filed a Liquor Commission incident report to Mayor Jeff Schielke, reports stated.