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Bar patron cited for smoking, damaging squad car  

A woman arrested for smoking in a Lake View neighborhood tavern was also charged with damaging property after she allegedly kicked a squad car early Thursday on the North Side, police said.

Jill Hillbrich, 42, of the 3800 block of North Broadway, was cited with damage to property, resisting a police officer and smoking in a public place, all misdemeanors, according to a police report.

Hillbrich was arrested at 1:10 a.m. at The Closet, a gay and lesbian bar on the 3300 block of North Broadway, after a security guard told police she was smoking in the bar, the report said.

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