Darien Man Charged in Aggravated Assault_201411111034178599FOR INIIVIEDIATE RELEASE
Oak Brook Police Department
1200 Oak Brook Road
Oak Brook, IL 60523
(630) 36M702
Contact:
Officer Erica Huff
Public Information Officer
(630) 368-8734
ehuff(@oak-brook.orq
Darien Man Cl;larged in Aggravated Assault
Oak Brook, IIS November 7, 2014. The Oak Brook Police Department has arrested and
charged a Darien resident with two (2) counts of Aggravated Assault, one (1) count Criminal
Damage to Property, and one (1) count Criminal Trespass to Motor Vehicle after a road rage
incident that occurred on Route 83 near I-88.
At around 08:12am, Officers were dispatched to an accident involving two (2) vehicles. Once on
scene, the victim reported he and the offender, later identified as Robert Kasanda, got into a
verbal argument over a road rage incident that ended in a traffic crash. The verbal altercation
escalated when Kasanda brandished a knife and pointed it at the driver. During this incident,
Kasanda grabbed the victim's car keys from the ignition and threw them into traffic. On his way
back to his vehicle, Kasanda damaged the driver's side of the victim's vehicle with the knife.
The victim was not injured during this encounter.
Kasanda was apprehended at his place of employment in Wooddale, where the weapon was
recovered. Kasanda was charged with four (4) criminal counts and two (2) traffic citations:
Leaving the Scene of an Accident and Failure to Exchange Information/Render Aid. Kasanda
was processed at Oak Brook Police Department and released on bond.
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