Glenview Teen Indicted on Charge of Stabbing Another Youth in Winnetka

Mitchell S. Silverstein, 17, of the 1300 block of Cariann Lane in Glenview was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday on charges that he stabbed another youth in Winnetka in March, Chicago Tribune reported. 

. He is accused of stabbing another teen in the chest. 

At about 7:15 p.m. on March 28, the Winnetka Police Department received a 911 call regarding an altercation on the 1400 block of Scott Ave., where police say they found five male teenagers who had been involved in an altercation that began when one teenager took someone else's iPhone.

After the altercation, four of the teens tried to leave the scene in a car, but the car collided with a tree about four houses down, according to police. 

Silverstein chased the car on foot and stabbed the victims near the collision, according to police. 

Silverstein "did not have anything stolen from him, and the offender had no cause whatsoever, no justification, to chase down and stab in the chest the victim," Kreis said. "We've conducted an investigation and determined that Mr. Silverstein's actions were grossly inappropriate, illegal and dangerous to the community."

"From time to time, there are other altercations that may occur over property. Those pale in comparison when it comes to someone stabbing people," Kreis added. 

At the time of the alleged assault, the Glenview teen was enrolled at North Shore Academy in Highland Park, a school that serves students who struggle with social, emotional and behavioral demands of school, Chicago Tribune reported.

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