A 61-year-old man was arrested near a Northwest Side charter school this week after Chicago cops allegedly saw him drop a Molotov cocktail into the school’s dumpster while armed with a gun and wearing a disguise.
Benjamin Scheie, of the 1100 block of West Catalpa Avenue, was arrested at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday outside Horizon Science Academy, 4434 North Laramie Avenue, according to Chicago police.
In a detention petition, prosecutors said officers saw Scheie take a Molotov cocktail from the trunk of his car to the school parking lot and drop it into a dumpster while knowing people were present. He allegedly violated his concealed carry license by bringing a firearm onto school grounds and left two additional guns unattended in his car with the engine running and all the windows down…