Area Police Departments recently reported the following arrests and citations. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that subjects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles age 17-or-younger are not named.
Addison
Nov. 15
Krzysztof G. Gawron, 24, of Addison, was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance in the 500 block of W. Lake at around 12:15 a.m. Police said Gawron was in possession of medication without a prescription while parked in a restaurant parking lot.
Nov. 12
David Salgado, 31, of Chicago; Jeffrey M. Teteak, 38, of Brookfield; and Kenneth J. Valencia, 27, of Streamwood, were charged with criminal damage to property and criminal damage to land subsequent to a call of a fight at a sports bar in the 200 block of W. Lake at around 12:50 a.m. Salgado and Valencia were additionally charged with resisting arrest, and Valencia was also charged with aggravated assault and battery to a staff member at the sports bar.
Police said Deonta D. Upchurch, 21, of Addison, had a failure to appear warrant out of the Will County Sheriff’s Department for a traffic offense near Lake and Kennedy at around 5:15 p.m. He was additionally charged with driving while license suspended, registration suspended for no insurance and for having no insurance.
Nov. 11
Eduardo D. Gomez, 28, of Addison, was charged with DUI, failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, failure to give information, failure to report an accident to a police authority by a driver, driving on a sidewalk and improper lane usage in the 200 block of S. Hale at around 1 a.m.
Nov. 9
Herman L. Nitz Jr., 54, of Addison, was charged with burglary, obstructing justice and criminal damage to property in the 200 block of W. Fullerton at around 3:55 a.m. Police said officers responded to a burglary alarm at a liquor store in the area. It was determined that Nitz Jr. used a golf club to shatter the entry door the liquor store, removing cigarettes, and liquor without authority or permission, according to police. Police said Nitz Jr. was additionally charged with obstructing justice after refusing to obey officer’s commands to exit the store.
Villa Park
Nov. 11
A 47-year-old Villa Park woman was charged with two counts of domestic battery in the 800 block of S. Harvard at around 1:10 p.m.
Criminal damage was reported in the 300 block of N. Ardmore at 4:46 a.m. Police said that an unknown suspect damaged a window on a weather shelter on the southside train lot.
Nov. 9-Nov. 10
Burglary was reported in the 1000 block of S. Cornell. Police said that between 10 p.m. Nov. 9 and 10 a.m. Nov. 10, an unknown suspect entered a garage and stole several bags of tools, a miter saw and extension cords.
Nov. 9
A 44-year-old Villa Park man was charged with two counts of domestic battery in the 800 block of S. Harvard at around 1:22 a.m.
Nov. 8
Michael N. Merrinette, 27, of Lombard, was charged with three counts of aggravated DUI, driving while license revoked and disobeying a stop sign near Addison and Division at around 9:38 a.m.
Camilo Rosas-Flores, 22, of Villa Park, was charged with two counts of DUI, speeding and expired registration near North and Ellsworth at around 12:55 a.m.
Nov. 7
Criminal damage was reported in the 0-100 block of N. Westmore. Police said that a resident came home and found damage to the front door and frame that occurred between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. However, nothing was missing from the residence.
Nov. 6-Nov. 7
Criminal damage was reported in the 300 block of N. Princeton. Police said that between 7 p.m. Nov. 6, and 5:55 a.m. Nov. 7, an unknown suspect put sugar in the gas tank of a vehicle while it was parked in a lot.
Nov. 6
Retail theft was reported at a liquor store at around 7:13 p.m. Police said an unknown male suspect removed a bottle of liquor from the display shelf and left without paying for the item.
Robbery was reported in the 100 block of W. Roosevelt at around 2:20 p.m. Police said that two unknown suspects entered a business, grabbed and struggled with an employee, stole the employee’s wallet from his pants pocket, and then ran out of the store.
Nov. 3
Ismael Ramirez, 25, of Villa Park, was charged with assault and mob action in the 400 block of W. Division at around 9:49 p.m.
Oct. 6-Nov. 3
Theft was reported in the 1500 block of Ovaltine. Police said that between noon Oct. 6 and noon Nov. 3, an unknown suspect stole a duffle bag containing personal items from an apartment closet.
Sept. 2
A 25-year-old Villa Park man was charged with two counts of domestic battery in the 900 block of W. North at around 2:02 p.m.
