CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man is facing charges on Monday for allegedly trying to bring a machete into a federal courthouse in Chicago.
Leonard Delaney has been charged with assaulting a federal judicial employee after prosecutors said he tried to enter the Dirksen Federal Courthouse with a 14-inch machete earlier this month.
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Pictures from court documents show an employee reportedly jamming a foot inside a revolving door to keep Delaney from getting inside.
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A detention hearing for Delaney is scheduled for Friday. Further information was not immediately available.
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