Pregnant Woman Kicked in Stomach, Chased with Meat Cleaver, Police Say

The attack was triggered when the victim didn't side with Meghan Lello in a fight Lello was having with her husband, the Will County Sheriff's Office says.

A Joliet woman allegedly tore her pregnant friend's earlobe, kicked her in the stomach and came after her with a meat cleaver, all because the victim took the wrong side in a domestic dispute, police said. Meghan Lello, 23, was charged with aggravated battery to a pregnant woman Thursday in connection with the vicious physical attack that took place shortly after midnight, Will County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Kathy Hoffmeyer said. Sheriff's deputies were called to Lello's 211 Louis Road home to deal with a fight between Lello and her husband that had spiraled out of control, Hoffmeyer said. The 24-year-old friend's mistake was to "side with the husband instead of (Lello)," apparently making Lello incensed, she said. That's when the …

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