The owner of the Trump Truth Store in Crystal Lake has pleaded guilty in a traffic case that led to her arrest for failing to appear in court, with viral video of the arrest showing her loudly screaming and claiming she would sue police.
Lisa Fleischmann, 53, of Algonquin, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to driving while license suspended as part of a plea agreement in DuPage County Circuit Court.
Court records show an additional charge of operating a vehicle with canceled, suspended or revoked registration was dismissed.
A judge sentenced Fleischmann to six months of court supervision.
Fleischmann, who is the owner of the Trump Truth Store in Crystal Lake, said in a Facebook post after her guilty plea that it is “mind boggling” how the court system treats people.
“I was just seven minutes late to court, and they issued a warrant for my arrest. When I got into the courtroom, they handcuffed me again. I asked why, and the officer said, ‘We don’t know what kind of weapons you have on you.’ How does that make any sense when you have to go through the metal detectors take off your belt your shoes,” she said.
Fleischmann had previously failed to appear in court in December for one of the hearings in the case and a judge issued an arrest warrant for her.
Fleischmann released bodycam videos earlier this month showing her arrest on May 26 as a result of that warrant.
She said the incident was the result of an unresolved paperwork issue after she received a citation for driving without a license in late December 2024 that escalated despite her “repeated efforts to resolve it across multiple jurisdictions.”
Fleischmann said she appeared in DuPage County Circuit Court in September 2025, October 2025 and twice in November 2025 regarding the traffic offense.
Fleischmann said she was directed to clear up a related violation in Rolling Meadows and McHenry County.
Both courts later dismissed the charges, including driving without a valid license, after determining the issue stemmed from a failure to provide proof of insurance, she said, adding that her vehicle registration was later reinstated.
Fleischmann said she returned to DuPage County Circuit Court with proof that the matter had been resolved in the other counties but the judge declined to dismiss the charges.
“He stated he was king of the castle and was not going to dismiss those charges,” Fleischmann said, adding that another judge and the state’s attorney had previously indicated they would dismiss the charges once the issue was cleared elsewhere.
“What would be the point of going back four times if that wasn’t the end plan?” she said. “It’s over an hour drive with somebody who has chronic back pain. Driving is very difficult and exhausting.”
“Both Cook County and Mchenry County dismissed the charges that were associated even driving without a license. Because it was all about paperwork I didn’t actually violate any driving laws to injure anybody. Why is DuPage county Not giving me my date to testify without throwing me back in jail. They asked me if I was being persuaded in anyway of pleading guilty. While I’m standing there in handcuffs, What do you think?” Fleischmann said on social media last week.
Fleischmann said she never received a certified letter notifying her that her license had been revoked and believed the matter had been fully resolved.
Fleischmann was arrested on the failure to appear warrant after she finished dinner at Olive Garden with her daughter and a friend.
The traffic stop took place after an officer saw her license plate was bent while she was driving near the former Spring Hill Mall in the West Dundee and Carpentersville area.
The bodycam video shows officers interacting with Fleischmann as she sat in her car before telling her “bad news” that there was a valid warrant for her arrest.
Officers repeatedly told her to step out of the car as Fleischmann seemed confused about why she had a warrant.
Officers handcuffed her and Fleischmann began saying, “This is ridiculous” and “This is unbelievable” as she asked what she did wrong.
“I have done nothing to break a law… I didn’t even do anything,” Fleischmann said, adding that she could not wait for the arrest to get in the media.
Moments later, the video showed Fleischmann saying the handcuffs hurt and demanding them be removed.
Fleischmann began tensing up and screaming about the handcuffs. “This f—ing hurts,” she said while screaming, “get this thing off of me.”
“I swear to god, I swear to god, I will sue the s–t out of you,” Fleischmann could be heard saying as she screamed before being placed into a squad car.
Fleischmann was transported to the Carpentersville Police Department and continued to complain that officers had tightened the handcuffs too tightly.
“The pain inflicted was so bad I screamed, and four cops looked at me like I was nuts,” she said after the incident.
Fleischmann was transported to the DuPage County Jail where she was held overnight before appearing in court where a judge released her with a new court date.
She said many other people were also in custody for similar situations. “Had I been arrested on a Friday, I could’ve spent four days in jail waiting to see the judge,” she said.
Fleischmann said she saw an eight-months-pregnant woman who had spent more than 48 hours in custody awaiting a judge for missing court for a traffic violation.
“This is petty crime and in my case it was just a paperwork issue,” she said. “It is really unbelievable people are being arrested for a traffic violation and missing court.”
Fleischmann said she is a single mother suffering from chronic back pain with a demanding schedule, including managing her store, which often leaves little time for things like checking the mail.
“Jail is a short-term place for most people who are only charged, not proven guilty,” she said, adding that the jail procedures and treatment of detainees were “horrific” but the jail was clean.
Fleischmann said she received no accommodations despite being legally deaf when she does not have hearing aids.
She also complained that the meal service was served at 4 a.m. and detainees who missed the delivery received nothing until the next meal, which did not conform to her vegetarian diet.
Fleischmann said she was surprised that anyone could file a FOIA request to obtain videos of her arrest. She also said that had she known it was legal, she would have released the videos even sooner.
After her guilty plea last week, Fleischmann said she was persuaded to plead guilty because they had handcuffed her in court.
“But now they handcuffed me and let me sit there with the handcuffs on the entire time. So I wanna know how that didn’t persuade me of pleading guilty. The threat of them throwing me back in lock up,” she said. “I had no real choice but to plead guilty.”
Fleischmann has repeatedly made news headlines over her controversial store in Crystal Lake, which sells apparel, cups, mugs, posters, flags and other memorabilia related to President Donald Trump.
A grand opening for the store, located at 829 South Virginia Road in Crystal Lake, was held in May to commemorate the store’s relocation from Huntley.
The new store had temporarily closed in March due to a lack of sales and previously was located at 10890 North Route 47 in Huntley.
The store closed its Huntley location in July after the owner of the building filed to evict Fleischmann from the property in March 2025.
She faced eviction for displaying Trump signs, flags, table chairs, a Trump inflatable and a sign on her trailer outside the store.
The owner said in the eviction complaint that Fleischmann refused to keep her merchandise inside her store despite numerous requests by the landlord and the Village of Huntley.
Fleischmann said Trump triggers people and that is the part she “loves,” saying she does not run the store for money.