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Oct. 17, 2011 / 2:30 PM

Woman arrested for cupcake attack

A Chicago woman was arrested on domestic battery charges after allegedly hitting her husband over the head with cupcakes. File photo . UPI/Ian Halperin

A Chicago woman was arrested on domestic battery charges after allegedly hitting her husband over the head with cupcakes. File photo . UPI/Ian Halperin | License Photo

CHICAGO, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- A Chicago woman arrested on a domestic battery charge allegedly hit her husband over the head and pelted him with cupcakes, police said.

Chicago police said they were called to a home Saturday night in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side of the city and officers arrived to find the husband with smudges of icing on his head and body, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday.

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The husband told police he feared for his safety.

Police said the woman admitted to throwing the cupcakes and used "a very aggressive tone" when speaking to officers, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

Dawn Montesdeoca, 60, was arrested on a misdemeanor count of domestic battery. Cook County Circuit Judge Adam D. Bourgeois Jr. ordered electronic monitoring for the woman Sunday and set bail at $10,000.

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