Man who threatened Options Exchange guard with can of beer arrested

The right to beer arms.

A homeless man was charged with assault after allegedly raising a can of beer threateningly at a security guard and yelling obscenities at Chicago Board of Options Exchange patrons Monday night in the Loop.
The 43-year-old man who lives at the Pacific Garden Mission was charged with misdemeanor aggravated assault, according to police who said the man was arrested on a sidewalk on the 440 block of South LaSalle Street outside the CBOE.
Police were not immediately releasing the man’s name.
At 9:30 p.m. a CBOE security guard told police he saw the man using obscenities and verbally abusing patrons of the exchange, according to police.
The guard asked the man to leave the premises and the man was taken into custody after allegedly yelling at the guard, acting violently and raising a can of beer towards him in a threatening way, according to police.
No injuries were reported.

Posted by on October 13th, 2009 at 3:34 pm


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