Crime & Safety
Elmhurst Police Take Axe From Boy Trying to Build Fort
The boy was found chopping wood along the Prairie Path.

Elmhurst, IL - A Fiskars wood axe, a rusted machete and a roofer's axe were confiscated May 5 from a teenage boy.
A concerned person called police to report the boy was chopping wood around 12:25 p.m. along the prairie path, according to Elmhurst police.
The boy was found chopping wood that had already fallen near Cottage Hill and Seminole Avenue. He said he was trying to build a fort for him and his friends, police reported.
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Police took the tools for safekeeping to be returned to the boy's parents.
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