Anthony Ponzi ( Chicago police ) CHICAGO - A 21-year-old man is facing charges after saying he was infected with coronavirus and coughing into Chicago police officers’ faces Sunday in Rogers Park on the North Side.
Anthony Ponzi is charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer and several misdemeanor charges, including battery DUI and resisting arrest, Chicago police said.
Officers responded to a call of a crash about 8 a.m. in the 7400 block of North Wolcott Avenue, police said. Ponzi was driving his gray Jeep the wrong way on Wolcott when he collided into another car, go out of his Jeep and attacked the other driver.