Porky Pig Allegedly Beaten Up at Six Flags
GURNEE, Ill. (CBS/WBBM/AP) Two Six Flags employees were ejected from the theme park after allegedly attacking a female colleague dressed as "Porky Pig."
Police say 20-year-old Taras Sikalchuk and 19-year-old Dmytro Petrychenko took a photo with Porky on Monday afternoon at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, about 40 miles north of Chicago, and then punched the mascot in the head 10 to 15 times.
Gurnee Police Sgt. Jon Ward says park security detained the men until police arrived.
Ward says Sikalchuk and Petrychenko, both of Waukegan, were issued local ordinance citations for battery.
According to CBS affiliate WBBM, officials says the suspects denied the attack, but witnesses confirmed the story.
The 24-year-old woman inside the mascot costume suffered headaches and a stiff neck.