Machine Guns, Coke, Heroin Seized From Men At Naperville Bowlero: PD

NAPERVILLE, IL — Three men face multiple felony charges after police seized "multiple loaded machine guns," cocaine, heroin, ecstasy pills and a stolen car in the parking lot of Bowlero in Naperville Saturday.

Demarveus Butler, 19, of Indiana, Terrance Reed, 27, of Chicago, and Rubin Tart, 24, of Country Club Hills, were charged with misdemeanor counts of resisting a police officer in connection with the incident. Additionally, Butler was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and possession of a loaded machine gun. Reed was charged with armed violence, armed habitual criminal, unlawful use of a weapon by a felon and possession of a stolen motor vehicle. Tart has been charged with armed violence, possession of a loaded machine gun, possession of a controlled substance and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon.

Police say they were patrolling the parking lot of Bowlero, 1515 Aurora Ave. just after 11 p.m. when they say they saw a Honda with temporary license plates that did not match the vehicle. According to prosecutors, Butler, Reed and Tart got into the car and then police drove to block them from exiting.

The car then backed up and hit another car, according to a news release. After another police car tried to prevent the car from leaving and Butler, Reed and Tart are accused of trying to flee on foot before they were arrested.

Police say they found the following items in the Honda, which had been reported stolen from Chicago:

• .40-caliber Glock 22 with an automatic switch and an extended magazine and a bullet in its chamber
• Loaded American Tactical Omni hybrid rifle
• 2 boxes of ammunition
• 3 loaded magazines
• 54 grams of cannabis
• 21.4 grams of cocaine
• 5.2 grams of heroin
• 3 MDMA pills
• 4 half-pills of MDMA

“Public safety is the top priority of my office and the allegations that these three men unlawfully possessed extremely dangerous, fully loaded weapons, two of which that are capable of firing as a machine gun, at a family-friendly entertainment facility are alarming,” DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement.

He added, “The quick apprehension of the defendants in this case sends the message that in DuPage County we will not hesitate to remove firearms from those who cannot legally possess them. Thanks to the vigilance of the Naperville Police Department, an arsenal of dangerous weapons has been removed from the streets and quite possibly a tragedy has been averted."

Butler and Reed are being held at DuPage County Jail and are set to appear in court Jan. 2. Tart, also being held in DuPage County, is scheduled for court on Jan. 12.