Anthony's Bar Employee Struck In Face, Joliet Woman Arrested: JPD

JOLIET, IL ? Joliet police officers were called to the Anthony's Restaurant and Pub early Sunday morning after a 22-year-old woman from Joliet who is banned from the premises refused to leave, attacking one of the men who worked there, according to Joliet police.

The disturbance call happened around 1:25 a.m. and Joliet officers hauled away Deja Dawson in handcuffs. She's being charged with battery and criminal damage to property. She was later released on an I-bond, police reports show.

"It was determined that Anthony?s staff had recently removed Dawson after she caused a disturbance inside the bar," Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English announced.

He said that Dawson was refused entry after she attempted to re-enter the bar.

"Dawson then struck an employee in the face and broke the employee?s bracelet while struggling with him," English noted.

Dawson was placed into custody without incident, according to arrest reports.

In April, Joliet Patch published a story about Dawson's arrest on West Jefferson Street, a story headlined, "Reckless Driver Hits Light Pole On Jefferson: Police."

Patch reported at the time that a 21-year-old Joliet woman who lives in the 900 block of Elizabeth Street had crashed into a light pole on West Jefferson Street early Saturday morning and was booked into the Will County Jail after Deja Dawson attacked the Joliet police officers responding to her wreck, authorities said.