Jun 29, 2009 5:18 am US/Central
Man Charged With Spraying Post-Pride Parade Crowd
Police: Lawrence Perea Soaked Halsted Street Partygoers With Unidentified Green Liquid
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
An Uptown neighborhood man is due in court Monday morning on charges that he attacked crowds after
Chicago's Gay Pride Parade.
Lawrence Perea, 29, of the 4200 block of North Sheridan Road, is charged with reckless conduct, police said.
Perea was charged with using an oversized squirt gun to spray and soak partygoers on North Halsted Street with an unidentified green substance.
A lively street festival typically grows on Halsted Street between Belmont Avenue and Grace Street from the end of the parade until the late night hours each year.
Perea was aiming his squirt gun at the brimming crowd, including police officers, from the roof of a building at 3509 N. Halsted St., police said. The long single-story building houses Little Jim's bar, the Leather Sport fetish shop, Taco & Burritos Place, Dearborn Food Mart, and Ram adult bookstore.
Perea's activity was causing people to panic, according to police who said it was not known what the substance was.
No one was hurt, according to police, who said Perea was scheduled to appear in Misdemeanor Court (Br. 29) on Aug. 13 at 1:30 p.m.
There were other arrests connected to the parade. Two men were arrested on Diversey Parkway just west of Clark Street and Broadway after apparently getting into a fight, but their charges were not immediately learned.
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