Drunk Elmhurst Man Invades Home: Cops

ELMHURST, IL – A drunken Elmhurst man armed with a butcher knife forced entry into a man's apartment earlier this week, police said.

Nekzad Hekmat, 39, was arrested on a felony charge of home invasion, police said. The police report lists Hekmat as living in the Elm Creek apartment complex in southwest Elmhurst. (The complex's owner said Hekmat was a guest of a resident in the apartment.)

Hekmat was taken to the DuPage County Jail, where he remained Friday.

The incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Sunday at another apartment in the complex, with the victim disarming Hekmat, police said.

In response to a Patch inquiry, the city's spokeswoman, Kassondra Schref, said Hekmat and the victim did not know each other.

"It is believed the suspect was walking in the complex and randomly encountered the victims as they were leaving their apartment," Schref said. "The victims were able to retreat inside the apartment, closing their door on the suspect's arm holding the knife. The knife dropped, but the suspect eventually entered. Fortunately, the victims were not harmed, and police took the suspect into custody."