Monday Blotter: Casino-Goers Appear to Spit on Each Other, Woman Charged with Resisting a Peace Officer, More

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Battery

Police responded to a battery report at Rivers Casino, 3000 S. River Road, on Feb. 4. According to the report, a scuffle broke out between several people on the dance floor at Cube bar.

When police arrived on the scene a male subject was in the first aid office and bleeding from the nose. When police asked him if he needed medical attention, according to the report, the man said no.

The man told police, according to the report, he was dancing on the dance floor with friends when a scuffle broke out, during which an unknown offender hit him.

Police reviewed video surveillance in which two groups of female subjects appeared to be spitting on each other, and Marcin Adam Beliczynski, 33, of Mount Prospect, allegedly raised his drink and turned it upside down, spilling it on people. Police spoke with casino security personnel and 10 people involved in the incident. No complaints were signed.

Earlier:

Criminal Trespass to Property, Resisting a Peace Officer

Police were dispatched for a disturbance call at Rivers Casino, 3000 S. River Road, at 2:58 a.m. on March 4. According to the report, Maria Lira, 52, of Chicago, refused to leave the casino after being told to numerous times by security personnel. When police spoke with Lira, according to the report, she said she was unhappy with Rivers Casino because of a money dispute. She told police, according to the report, she would leave in her vehicle.

Lira then began looking for her vehicle throughout the whole parking lot. According to the report, she refused the police’s assistance to find her vehicle, and Lira said she knew where her vehicle was located.

Police observed her a short time later at the taxi stand. According to the report, Lira told police she could not find her car.

When police asked Lira for her name and license plate number, in order to identify the car, according to the report, she said, “I’m not talking to you,” and walked away.

Police followed Lira and asked her for the make of her car and her license plate number. According to the report, Lira said she was not going to speak with police, she used profanity and walked away. Police then told Lira she was under arrest for trespassing and placed her in handcuffs.

Police told Lira to sit in a squad car, and, according to the report, she refused and attempted to walk away. Police grabbed Lira’s arm, pulled her to the back of the squad car and transported her to the police station.

On the way to the station, according to the report, Lira allegedly made several threats to the officer and said if he didn’t let her go, he would be sorry.

When police removed the handcuffs from Lira, according to the report, she started reaching her hands into her sweater. Police attempted to remove Lira’s hand from her sweater, and, according to the report, Lira began to pull away and disobey orders to place her hands on the wall.

Police pushed Lira against the wall, and told her to place her hands behind her back, but, according to the report, she refused. When police grabbed her right arm to place her in handcuffs, according to the report, she pulled away.

After police placed Lira in a cell and removed the handcuffs, according to the report, she produced multiple Rivers Casino money receipts from her pants pocket and put them down her pants and bra. According to the report, Lira said to police, “Come get it.” The items were not recovered by police because they were not contraband, and no weapons were found on Lira in a search.

Lira was charged with criminal trespass to real property and resisting a peace officer and given a court date of April 5 at Skokie courthouse.

Criminal Trespass to Property

Police responded to a trespassing report at Rivers Casino, 3000 S. River Road, at 7:59 p.m. on Feb. 4. According to the report, Tracy D. Jenkins, 51, of Elgin, was charged with criminal trespass to property after she was identified by casino security as being on the self-exclusion list.

The Illinois Gaming Board began the Statewide Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program for Problem Gamblers in 2002, according to the Illinois Gaming Board’s website. It allows people who are problem gamblers to self-exclude themselves from Illinois casinos for a minimum of five years.

According to Gene O’Shea, director of self-exclusion for the Illinois Gaming Board, individuals can petition to be removed from the list after five years, but no one has ever succeeded in this.

According to the report, Jenkins confirmed she was on the list, but didn’t think it applied to the new casino. She was escorted off the property and advised not to return.

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