Authorities: Volo teen slashed man’s face in Wauconda

A Volo teenager is in jail after Wauconda police said she slashed a man’s face Saturday night, severing an artery in the process.

Bailee R. Parks, 18, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, both felonies.

According to police, Parks slashed the man at home on the 900 block of Grand Avenue in Wauconda at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

The victim was transported to a hospital in Crystal Lake where he received 22 stitches to close up the wound on the right side of his face that also severed an artery, police said.

Parks was later arrested at her home after being identified by the victim. She is being held at the Lake County jail, police said.