A 27-year-old man is facing multiple felony charges after he allegedly tried to light a Molotov cocktail at a CTA bus stop earlier this summer. <\/p>\n
According to authorities, Chicago resident Marshun Kimber has been charged with arson and other charges in connection with the July 28 incident, which unfolded in the Beverly neighborhood. <\/p>\n
Officers were called to a bus stop in the 1900 block of East 95th Street on July 28 for reports of a man holding an object that was believed to be an incendiary device, a glass bottle with a rag coming out of the top. <\/p>\n
The bottle was filled with an unspecified liquid, according to the caller. <\/p>\n
When police arrived on scene they found the suspect holding the bottle with one hand, and a lighter in the other hand. Refusing multiple commands to put the bottle down, the suspect continued to try sparking the lighter, and ultimately a confrontation occurred as the officers tried to wrest the object from his hands. <\/p>\n
The suspect then dropped the bottle, and multiple officers were sickened by the odor from the liquid inside, according to a police report. The suspect then began resisting arrest, striking an officer in the face with an open hand. <\/p>\n
Once the suspect was handcuffed he allegedly began yelling incoherently at officers, and was transported to an area hospital for a mental health evaluation. <\/p>\n
He was released from custody on July 30, then failed to appear for a hearing in court on August 7, according to Chicago police. An arrest warrant was issued, and he was taken into custody on Thursday. <\/p>\n
According to Chicago police, the suspect is being charged with possession of an explosive device, aggravated battery of a peace officer, and attempted arson. <\/p>\n
He was ordered held in custody until his next court hearing on September 23. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 27-year-old man is facing multiple felony charges after he allegedly tried to light a Molotov cocktail at…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[24597,960,5386,1818],"class_list":["post-1032128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-beverly","tag-chicago","tag-il","tag-illinois"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117182013563374937","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}