Police: Road Rage Chase Endangered Children at Thornwood Apartments

Two men were arrested after their reckless driving endangered several Chicago Heights children at an area apartment complex on Aug. 26, said.

Steger resident Rafael Miranda, 46, became angry after Randell G. Kasten, 47, of Oak Forest, got into an altercation with Miranda's adult son at the intersection of Joe Orr Road and Halsted Street, according to the police report.

Kasten attempted to pepper-spray Miranda's son, upsetting the Steger man who then chased Kasten's car into the parking lot of Thornwood Apartments at 19460 Chicago Heights-Glenwood Road, police said.

The two drivers continued through the complex parking lot and into a park at around 7:30 p.m., nearly striking several children, a witness at the apartment complex told police.

The two men were then apprehended by security at the apartment complex, police said.

Both Miranda, of the 22000 block of Frederick Road in Steger, and Kasten, of the 15000 block of Kenton Avenue in Oak Forest, were charged with reckless driving and criminal trespass. Kasten was also charged with assault, police said.

Both men were given a court date of Oct. 4 in Markham.