'Combative' Man Walks Into Street, Taken To Hospital: Oswego PD

OSWEGO, IL — Oswego Police said Monday that they had transported a man to an area hospital after he began behaving aggressively near the intersection of Douglas and Fernwood roads. A police news release on the incident stated that officers encountered the man shortly before 7:30 p.m. Police said he had been asking customers of the nearby Circle K gas station for cigarettes, before walking into the middle of Douglas Road.

"We received a call for a man who was banging on drivers' windows, asking for cigarettes, at the Circle K up there on Douglas," Oswego PD Public Information Officer Cathy Nevara said. "Responding officers encountered him in the roadway, and due to his actions and condition ... he was taken into custody, and transported to the hospital for a medical evaluation."

Nevara said police offered the man a ride home before taking him into custody, an offer Nevara said he rejected. She said that police on the scene decided to take him into custody after he began behaving aggressively toward them.

"[The officers] were concerned for his safety, he was walking in to the roadway," Nevara said. "They offered to drive him home, he refused, then he became combative."

Nevara said no charges have yet been filed against the man taken into custody, but added that charges of resisting arrest and aggravated battery against a peace officer may be forthcoming.

No other injuries or damage to public property was reported from the scene.