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Warrant issued for woman accused of cop assault with sex toy

Carolee Bildsten

Carolee Bildsten

A Lake County judge on Thursday issued a warrant for the arrest of a woman charged with attacking a Gurnee police officer with a sex toy.

Judge Brian Hughes issued a $75,000 bench warrant for Carolee Bildsten, 56, who did not appear for a hearing Thursday on an aggravated assault charge. She’s accused of a confrontation in November involving a “clear, rigid feminine pleasure device,” according to a police report.

Bildsten’s attorney, Melissa Wach, told Judge Hughes that Bildsten had been contacted the previous night as a reminder of the 9 a.m. court date, and had “no information as to her whereabouts.”

An officer went with Bildsten to her apartment in the 5300 block of David Court on Nov. 9 after employees at Joe’s Crab Shack in Gurnee accused her of dining without paying for the second time, according to Gurnee Police Cmdr. Jay Patrick.

Bildsten reached into a dresser drawer for what the officer thought was money to pay her bill, but instead pulled out the “pleasure device” and charged toward the officer with the sex toy raised over her head, Patrick said.

The officer deflected the device with his hand, and was not injured.

Along with the aggravated assault charge, Bildsten was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday on The Crab Shack-related theft of services charge and a previous DUI charge.

Bildsten could not be reached for comment. Her next court hearing will be held at 9 a.m. on Jan. 27 at the Lake County Courthouse.

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