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Ill. Woman to Plead Not Guilty in Alleged Sex Toy Attack at Joe's Crab Shack

Ill. Woman to Plead Not Guilty in Alleged Sex Toy Attack at Joe's Crab Shack
Carolee Bildsten (CBS/WBBM/Gurnee Police Dept.) (CBS/WBBM/Gurnee Police Dept.)

GURNEE, Ill. (CBS/WBBM) A 56-year-old woman will plead not guilty to charges alleging that she threatened an Illinois cop last month with what appeared to be a sex toy, say reports.

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Carolee Bildsten, of Gurnee, Ill., is charged with one misdemeanor count of aggravated assault and theft of labor stemming form her Nov. 9 arrest, according to Gurnee police Cmdr. Jay Patrick. She also faces an ordinance violation for being a pedestrian under the influence.

Bildsten allegedly walked out on a tab at Joe's Crab Shack in Gurnee, and was later found lying in the grass. An officer said Bildsten appeared to be intoxicated when he told her she had to pay her bill.

She then told the officer that she had money at her apartment and was escorted to her nearby residence, reports CBS affiliate WBBM.

Once at her residence, Bildsten allegedly walked into her bedroom, opened a drawer and removed what the officer described as a "clear, rigid feminine pleasure device," and approached him in a threatening manner. The officer knocked the alleged toy out of the way before he could be hit and placed Bildsten under arrest, according to police documents.

Defense attorney, Neil Calanca said the officer involved in the incident "should be ashamed of himself," and claimed he would have been embarrassed to incorporate such information in a police report, according to The Chicago Tribune.

Patrick disagreed with Calanca's claims, arguing that reports "are required to be a factual account of an incident," reports the paper.

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