Crime & Safety

Woman Grabs Workers At Hinsdale Cancer Institute: Police

She wanted to speak to the "g--d--n manager now," authorities said.

A woman was charged with battery earlier this month at the Cancer Institute in Hinsdale, police said.
A woman was charged with battery earlier this month at the Cancer Institute in Hinsdale, police said. (David Giuliani/Patch)

HINSDALE, IL – A woman was charged with grabbing employees at the Cancer Institute in Hinsdale while insisting she speak to a "g--d--n manager now," police said.

The 63-year-old Oak Park woman faces a battery charge. She was given a court date and then released.

Patch obtained the police report through a public records request.

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On the afternoon of April 10, police were called to the institute at 1 Salt Creen Lane. It is owned by the chain that runs Hinsdale Hospital.

When she yelled at an employee to get the manager, the employee asked her what she could do to help the woman.

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The woman told her, "You figure it out," and then she grabbed her arm, police said. An officer reported seeing redness on the woman's arm.

Police said the woman grabbed two other employees. One of the three wanted to press charges.

The woman told employees she had been unhappy with the level of care she had received.

According to the report, the woman told police she wanted to press charges against everyone in the institute.

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