A 28-year-old woman was arrested Sunday night in connection with endangerment of the life of a child.

The woman was stopped by police in the 1700 block of Howard Street on Oct. 11 at about 7:30 p.m. for a minor traffic violation of not having a rear registration light, Evanston Police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. Police said the woman admitted to having smoked marijuana shortly before driving with a suspended license and had a 5-year-old child asleep in a car seat in the back of her car.

Police found an open container of alcohol in her car but said the woman showed “no obvious signs of impairment.”

The woman was charged with two misdemeanors for driving on a suspended license and endangering the life of a child. She also received a traffic citation for the transportation of open alcohol.

She is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 30.

Evanston man arrested in connection with aggravated assault, resisting arrest

A 21-year-old Evanston man was arrested Sunday morning in connection with allegedly assaulting a police officer.

The man and his 23-year-old brother were arguing loudly in an alley in the 2000 block of Wesley Avenue when police arrived at about 10:45 a.m., Dugan said. An officer said he drew his taser when the man approached him yelling and with a “fighting stance.”

The officer did not deploy his taser, but said he took the man to the ground to handcuff him when the man resisted arrest. Police said the man smelled of a “strong odor” of alcohol and seemed intoxicated.

The man was charged with two misdemeanors for aggravated assault and one for resisting arrest. He is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 12.

Police said another incident involving a physical altercation occurred in a nearby alley the same day.

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