Philadelphia police on Wednesday arrested Padge Victoria Windslowe, aka the "Black Madam," who allegedly administered illegal "butt-boosting" injections, which may have caused the death of a 20-year-old British woman last year.
Windslowe, 42, a transgender who identifies as a woman, was taken into custody at 7:30 p.m. at a home that was hosting a "pumping party," a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department told ABC News.
Police obtained an arrest warrant for Windslowe after a 23-year-old woman was admitted to a Philadelphia-area hospital after the substance Windslowe allegedly injected into her buttocks got into her bloodstream and into her lungs.
The young woman had paid $1,000 for an injection of what she believed to be silicone, the police spokesperson said.
Lt. John Walker, of the Philadelphia Police Department, told the
Philadelphia Daily News that the woman was treated and released but would need further medical treatment.
Police have suspected that Windslowe was the person who gave an injection to
Claudia Aderotimi, the 20-year-old who died in February 2011 in a Philadelphia hotel room, but she was not charged because police were awaiting toxicology test results for the cause of Aderotimi's death.
At the time of her arrest Wednesday, Windslowe had needles, Super Glue, cotton balls, paper towels and a pink bag with a 20-ouce water bottle containing what police believe was the substance she would have injected into others at the party. Walker said five other people were in the house at the time, but no injections had been administered.
Windslowe was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, deceptive practice and related offenses. Her bail is set for $10 million.