Machete-wielding man foiled by judicial worker who jammed foot in revolving door at courthouse: prosecutors

Leonard Delaney is shown on a surveillance video holding a machete outside the Dirksen federal courthouse, according to court records. (U.S. District Court)

A judicial worker stuck a foot in a revolving door at the entrance to the Dirksen Federal Courthouse to keep a man wielding a machete from getting inside, prosecutors say.

Leonard Delaney, 38, is charged with assaulting a federal judicial employee. A hearing to decide if he should be kept in custody until trial is scheduled Friday. He’s being held in the Metropolitan Correctional Center.