A woman ran up to Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and dumped what appeared to be water on her head at the Mondawmin Festival.
Aides helped the mayor dry off after the incident Saturday morning. And a member of the mayor's protection unit grabbed the woman and placed her in handcuffs.
The Baltimore Sun reports police identified the woman as 37-year-old Lacheisa Pailin-Sheffer of Baltimore. She has been charged with second-degree assault. A telephone number for Pailin-Sheffer could not be found to seek comment.
After the incident, Rawlings-Blake said she didn't know what the woman threw at her. She said she hoped it was water and that it was more shocking than anything else.
Rawlings-Blake attended the festival at the same mall where violence and rioting erupted in April.