Piece Of Cake: Orland Police Tackle, Arrest Felon With Illegal Gun

ORLAND PARK, IL — A Chicago man and convicted felon faces a gun charge and one for resisting a peace officer, after an encounter with Orland Park police March 30.

Devyn Hood, 36, was arrested outside Dave and Buster's, after police found a loaded Smith & Wesson in the passenger seat of his Dodge Challenger. Plainclothes officers in an unmarked car spotted the gun and an ID inside, ran a registration check on the car and learned its owner did not have a valid firearm owners ID card (FOID) or concealed carry license. Police also spotted a blunt in an ashtray.

Police waited for the owner to come to the car, and watched as the man—later determined to be Hood—put the cake he was carrying in the trunk and turned to go back inside.

Police turned on their sirens and approached Hood, who initially complied, before running from police. Officers tackled Hood, and checked his identity against the ID in the car. Hood was found to have prior convictions of theft of property, forgery, residential burglary, manufacturing of controlled substance and another felony conviction of possession of a firearm.

Hood was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and resisting/obstructing police.

He was held overnight and appeared in court March 31.