A 56-year-old Chicago man was charged Saturday in south Evanston with aggravated assault.

A 62-year-old Evanston man called police at around 12:55 p.m. Saturday after being stabbed in the neck, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan said. The man told police that he and the Chicago man had gotten into a verbal argument and that the Chicago man had stabbed him in the neck with a large kitchen knife.

Police located the car and knife of the Chicago man — who fled after allegedly stabbing the Evanston man — in the 1100 block of Greenleaf Street, Dugan said. The man was found nearby and charged with misdemeanor aggravated assault.

Man charged in west Evanston with domestic battery

A 63-year-old Evanston man was charged early Saturday morning with domestic battery.

A 48-year-old woman called police saying her ex-boyfriend — the Evanston man — hit her in both the chest and neck and pushed her to the ground, Dugan said. Police officers who arrived at the scene noticed that the woman’s collar had been stretched “significantly” and that her chest was red.

Police located the man near the intersection of Ashland Avenue and Lake Street, Dugan said. He was charged with one count of misdemeanor domestic battery.

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