A Wilmette man was charged with battery for allegedly choking a teenager and hitting him in the face several times, police said Tuesday.
The victim, 19, told authorities he was walking along Wilmette Avenue Sunday when a passing vehicle splashed him with water.
The teen said he yelled at the motorists, and Scott Zettek, 50, of the 2000 block of Wilmette Avenue, walked from his home to the sidewalk and asked the teen what he was doing.
The two men quarreled, and Zettek allegedly assaulted the teenager, police said. Zettek told police he struck the teenager because the youth had threatened to burn him with a cigarette.
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