Police Blotter: Evergreen Park Cops Find Marijuana in a Box

THURSDAY, NOV. 10

Police Arrest Man Who Gave Wrong ID

said Charles O. Kirk Jr., 44, of Chicago was charged with driving on a revoked license, obstructing identification and failure to signal. According to reports, an officer saw a Ford Explorer traveling west on 95th Street make an improper lane change near Sacramento Avenue at about 9:14 a.m. A check on registration revealed that the owner of car had a revoked driver’s license, police said. According to reports, when police stopped the car, Kirk gave a photo identification card, identifying himself as Michael Kirk. Police took him into custody and found that Kirk had previously been convicted of driving on a revoked driver’s license. The officer ran both Michael and Charles’ licenses, noting that “Michael’s picture didn’t look anything like Charles,” according to reports. Police said both men had charges on their record.

Cops Arrest High School Student After Fight

When two students got into a scuffle, police arrested one of them and turned the other, a juvenile, over to his parents. According to police, at about 11:45 a.m. at Evergreen Park Community High School, 9901 S. Kedzie Ave., the dean told the school resource officer that there was a fight happening. Police said after the students were separated and sat with the dean, the male juvenile who was in fight was taken to the nurse’s office and treated for an injured hand. According to reports, Mecca Bey, 18, of Evergreen Park was called a name, got in the juvenile’s face and started pushing him. Police said the juvenile claimed he didn’t hit Bey, but he put her in a headlock. Afterward, police said Bey was escorted to the nurse’s office and treated for a minor injury to her upper lip. According to a witness, the male juvenile came into class, said something to Mecca and she became very upset. The juvenile went out into the hallway and upon returning into the classroom, a fight broke out, police said. The male signed complaints against Mecca, and was handed over to his mother, according to reports. Police said someone tried to break up the fight and the male juvenile’s glasses were broken. According to reports, Bey was charged with criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct.

WEDNESDAY, NOV.  9

Police Recover Marijuana from a Wooden Box

Police said Robert Floyd, 45, of Chicago, was charged with possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, failure to signal, improper use of registration, suspended driver’s license and no insurance. At 12:24 p.m., officers saw his car exit the Shell gas station at 87th Street and Rockwell Avenue, and merge into the eastbound lanes without signaling, police said. According to reports, Floyd gave a driver’s license that was suspended, so police took him into custody. A search of the car revealed a box containing a green leafy substance that tested positive for marijuana, police said. After checking the license plate on the car, police found that they were registered to a 1993 Chevrolet not on the 1999 Chevrolet that the subject was driving, according to reports. Police recovered 1.6 grams of marijuana, and the paraphernalia was the wooden box, police said.

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