CHICAGO — SWAT and Chicago Police Marine Unit officers took a man into custody early Sunday morning after he drove a car through a fence at the Chicago Harbor Lock.
A call of trespassing came in at 4:50 a.m. in the 100 block of North Streeter Drive, at the Chicago Harbor Lock, just south of Navy Pier, according to Chicago Police spokeswoman Officer Janel Sedevic.
The man, who has not yet been identified or charged publicly, drove a car through the fence and continued to drive toward the locks, Sedevic said. He got out of his car and was ordered back in by employees over a public-announcement system.
SWAT and Marine Unit officers were able to detain him, she added. Charges are pending.
Police said that early reports from scanner traffic that the man had a gun or climbed onto a crane at the lock were incorrect.
The Chicago Harbor Lock was constructed as part of the reversing of the Chicago River in the 1930s. It is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
According the USACE website, "The Chicago Lock is operated 24/7 due to Coast Guard Homeland Security concerns in downtown Chicago; routine maintenance of city of Chicago vital services (marine police and fireboat); and year-round commercial barge traffic."
#Chicago: Man smashed mini-van thru security gates of the Chicago Locks. pic.twitter.com/MgT63XJM9I
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