Security charged with aggravated assault for pointing pepper spray gun at another security guard
North Riverside IL March 2 2023
A 52-year-old Carpentersville man who works for a private firm as a security guard at North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, was charged with misdemeanor aggravated assault after he pointed a pepper spray gun at a fellow security guard during a confrontation in the mall food court on Feb. 25 at about 5:25 p.m.
A mall patron called police to report that two security guards were engaged in a verbal altercation near Dunkin Donuts when one of the men pulled out a weapon and pointed it at the other.
Security camera video reportedly showed the victim walking east approaching the food court when he stops and looks behind him. The offender reportedly approached the victim at a rapid walking pace and the two went chest to chest, speaking closely to each other.
The victim at some point pushed the offender’s body up against the counter at Dunkin Donuts, causing the offender to shove him away with both hands, pull out his pepper spray gun and point it directly at the victim’s face before re-holstering it.
An employee from a nearby kiosk then stepped between the two men.
According to police, the offender said that he had relieved the victim multiple times that day.
In frustration, he exchanged words with the victim in the food court and reacted the way he did because he felt threatened.
