CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been charged with aggravated assault of an off-duty Broadview police officer, according to Chicago Police.
What we know:
On Wednesday, Jeremiah Myles, 19, was arrested in the 7300 block of S. Evans Avenue around 9:09 p.m. He was charged with one felony count of aggravated assault of a police officer and one felony count of burglary.
He was identified as the offender who, minutes earlier, tried to rob an off-duty Broadview Police officer at knifepoint in the 7300 block of S. Langley Avenue, according to Chicago Police.
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The backstory:
Chicago police said the 64-year-old officer from the Broadview Police Department was getting out of his vehicle in an alley in