Prosecutors say a man armed with a knife put a random person in a chokehold, got into another random person’s car and then attempted to slice a police detective’s throat in Waukegan.

Brandyn P. White, 25, of Waukegan, was charged with attempted aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, aggravated assault of a peace officer, three counts of criminal damage to property, resisting a peace officer, criminal trespass to vehicle, obstructing a peace officer and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.