Woman Attacked After Denying Man's Pleas for Free White Castle Burgers

A man whose pleas for free Sliders were rejected by a woman on a bus accosted the woman near her workplace, punching and kicking her in retaliation for denying him a White Castle burger, police said.

Ian C. McGhee, 33, of Calumet City, was charged with battery and accused of hitting a woman in the head with his closed fist several times, police said this week.

Police said the woman got on a bus going westbound on 95th Street and sat next to McGhee, who asked her about her job at White Castle. When McGhee asked her “if she could hook him up with some burgers,” the woman said no, police said.

McGhee got off the bus at Oakley Street, and the victim got off at 95th and Western. But as the woman walked through The Plaza parking lot, she was surprised to see McGee waiting for her at Campbell Avenue. After saying she was not interested in talking to him, McGee began to harass her and grabbed her right wrist, prompting her to say “don’t touch me,” according to report.

McGee said he wasn’t trying to touch her, but he said “he was trying to touch that (rear end),” the report said. The woman said she “took a firm stance against him,” but McGee grabbed her by both of her wrists and, after struggling a bit, he began to punch and kick her, the report said. A bystander got in between them, and another bystander helped stop the fighting, the report said.

Officers were dispatched to 95th and Campbell. The woman who said McGhee hit her pointed him out to police from across street, according to the report. When an ambulance arrived, the woman refused treatment, police said.

Police said the woman signed a complaint for battery on July 8.