Police were dispatched to the CTA Blue Line station in Forest Park on April 26 after someone sprayed a CTA employee with pepper spray. When police arrived, a man started walking toward them aggressively with his hands in his pockets, according to the police report. After the man ignored multiple demands to stop and remove his hands, an officer tried to grab his arm, and the man sprayed him with pepper spray. The man was also holding a sharp metal object that he swung at another officer. Police conducted an emergency takedown, but as the offender continued to resist, an officer tased him to place him in handcuffs.
The CTA employee told police that, after he asked the man to stop smoking in the train car, the man stubbed out his cigarette, then became angry and pepper sprayed him. In a detention cell at the police department, the man kicked the cell door, causing $2,300 of damage. He was moved into a holding cell, where he yelled, and threw his feces and provided food over his cell. He was charged with two counts of aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated assault, four counts of resisting an officer, criminal defacement of property and criminal damage to government property.
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