The Elmhurst Police Department recently reported the following arrests and citations. Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in order to protect the privacy of victims. 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.
Child endangerment
Aug. 26
Police said that subsequent to a call of a 5-year-old child found walking outside, officers were able to locate the child’s residence and found the parents had left the young juvenile and his young siblings at home alone. Suad Hnahein, 30, and Razie Jallaq, 31, both of Elmhurst, were charged with child endangerment. DCFS was notified.
Criminal damage, criminal trespass
Aug. 28
Sandra L. Zavislak, 46, of Lombard, was charged with resisting a police officer and criminal trespass to property after receiving a notice to leave at Elmhurst Hospital at 7:46 a.m. Later, Zavislak was charged with disorderly conduct at a store in the 100 block of N. York at 10:42 a.m. Police said officers responded to a female requesting meds. According to police, she refused treatment, walked into a store, grabbed a pair of scissors and attempted to set off a fire alarm.
Aug. 26
Michael McKean, 68, of Elmhurst, was issued a citation for trespassing in the 500 block of S. York at 9:57 p.m. Police said officers made contact with McKean who had been previously trespassed from the property. According to police, McKean admitted to walking on the property to get to a neighboring business.
Aug. 24
Julia Lyson, 21, of Buffalo Grove, and Brayan Salmeron-Godinez, 20, of Maywood, were issued citations for trespassing in 100 block of N. Addison at 10:50 p.m.
Aug. 23
James G. Porter, 56, of Wheaton, was charged with criminal trespass to a building in the 100 block of E. First at 4:05 a.m.
Domestic battery, disorderly conduct, domestic incident, dispute, disturbance
Aug. 23
Police said officers responded to a report of a domestic battery in the 100 block of W. Virginia at 4 a.m. The victim reported the suspect struck her in the face, prevented her from calling 911, and left. The suspect would not come out of his residence to meet with police. Officers obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect.
DUI, consumption of alcohol by a minor
Aug. 25
Jonathan Martinez Maldonado, 30, of Melrose Park, was charged with DUI, no valid driver’s license, improper lane usage, expired registration, possession of open alcohol by a driver and no insurance subsequent to a traffic stop near North and Michigan at 2:46 a.m.
John P. Witkus, 21, of West Chicago, was charged with DUI in the 300 block of S. Sunnyside at 2:54 a.m.
Evelyn Itzel Tirado Gomez, 18, of Chicago, was cited for consumption of alcohol by a minor near York and North at 3:53 a.m.
Police said an unknown suspect entered a store in the 100 block of E. Schiller, placed liquor bottles into his backpack, and left the store without paying for the merchandise. Officers checked the area with no results.
Police said Officers responded to a theft at a store in the 100 block of W. Park at 7:37 p.m. The suspect, described as a white male in his 20s wearing a green camo shirt, grabbed the store’s tip jar and ran out the store. An investigation is pending.
Aug. 24
Luis Hernandez, 51, of Addison, was charged with DUI, improper lane usage, speeding, disobeying a traffic control signal and open alcohol by a driver subsequent to a traffic stop near Lake and West at 1:15 a.m.
Aug. 23
Marcial Perez Garcia, 49, of Cicero, was charged with DUI, improper lane usage and open alcohol by driver subsequent to a traffic stop near North and Willow at 9:49 p.m.
Efrain Puente Munoz, 35, of Addison, was charged with DUI, improper window tinting and speeding subsequent to a traffic stop near Lake and Route 83 at 9:47 p.m.
Entering unlocked vehicles
Elmhurst police said there were no incidents that occurred of unknown suspects entering unlocked vehicles at the following locations:
Fleeing, eluding
According to information provided last week by the Elmhurst Police Department, police reported no incident of fleeing and eluding during which the driver of a vehicle fled the scene after being stopped for a traffic stop by police.
Harassment, threats
Aug. 23
Michael J. Composono, 20, of Elmhurst, was charged with telephone harassment and resisting a police officer in the 100 block of E. Park at 12:35 a.m. Police said a victim reported receiving threatening, homicidal, and suicidal messages from the suspect following their breakup. According to police, officers responded to the suspect’s address for a check on well-being/harassment investigation.
Identity theft, fraud
According to information provided by the Elmhurst Police Department, police reported two incidents of identity theft or fraud.
Possession of cannabis in a vehicle
According to information provided last week by the Elmhurst Police Department, police reported four incidents of possession of cannabis by either the driver of a vehicle or a passenger: Anthony Diaz, 34, of Chicago, near North and West at 12:05 a.m. Aug. 24; Michael Tackitt, 21, of McHenry, near Grantley and Howard, at 11:43 p.m. Aug. 24; Luis C. Suarez Arroyo, 53, of Glen Ellyn, near North and Melrose at 12:02 a.m.; and Jade Howlett, 53, of Chicago, near York and Lexington at 9:38 p.m. Aug. 28. Police said Howlett also was found to be driving while license suspended and was wanted out of Cook County on a warrant.
Theft, burglary, attempted theft or burglary, forgery, deceptive practice, obstruction, robbery
Aug. 28
Daniel Fernando Martinez, 43, of Long Beach, Calif., was charged with burglary and possession of burglary tools in the 200 block of S. Route 83 at 10:42 a.m.
Aug. 27
Ashley Robinson, 34, of Cicero, was charged with burglary and two counts of retail theft at a store in the 100 block of E. Schiller at 9:53 a.m. Police said two suspects were observed taking an unknown amount of merchandise and fled the area in a black Hyundai. The vehicle was located unoccupied in Hillside at an apartment complex, and the suspect was taken into custody.
A victim in the 900 block of N. Church reported an unknown suspect(s) entered his unsecured vehicle and removed his wallet. This case is pending investigation.
Aug. 24
Police said Officers responded to a store in the 300 block of S. Route 83 at 4:16 p.m. for a retail theft involving two suspects inside the store and a getaway driver. A search revealed James Bonds, 67, of Chicago, allegedly had a controlled substance. Bonds, the driver, was charged with possession of a controlled substance. Christine Carver, 43, of Ottawa, was charged with Burglary and two counts of retail theft. Nathaniel Boyd, 36, of Kankakee, was charged with burglary, two counts of retail theft, possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.
July 15
A complainant in the 400 block of W. Lake reported that a suspect rented a pressure washer and failed to return it. The complainant made multiple attempts to have the pressure washer returned but ever received an answer from the suspect. Case pending investigation.
Aug. 22
A victim in the 600 block of N. Larch reported placing his personal belongings in a truck at the above location. The victim left for five minutes, and upon returning, the items were missing.
A complainant at a store in the 900 block of S. York related unknown suspects described as two black males and one black female left the store with a shopping cart full of liquor that had not been paid for. The suspects then got into a vehicle, which was last seen heading westbound on Butterfield. An investigation is pending.
A victim in the 800 block of S. Parkside reported fraudulent purchases were made after contacting a number prompted by his TV. The victim had given remote access to an unknown caller who made unauthorized gift card purchases and opened a Target credit card in the victim’s name.
Warrant arrest
Aug. 22
Police said that Subsequent to a traffic stop near West and Lake at 5:23 p.m., Jasmine White, 40, of Lombard, was found to have an active warrant out of Will County. The suspect also was charged with driving while license suspended and no seatbelt. She was transported to DuPage County Jail on the warrant.
