We’ve learned more details about the three people accused of possessing firearms during the post-Pride Parade festivities around Boystown on Sunday night into Monday morning — including the fact that police say one of the men was actually carrying two firearms. And, CPD reports show, all three of the accused men are from the suburbs.
Chicago police said a total of 34 people, including five juveniles, were arrested during the event, most of them during the unsanctioned post-parade street party that has overtaken the neighborhood for roughly the past decade. Only six of the 34 people face felony charges, with the gun cases representing the most serious allegations.
Jayron Cleveland, 22, of Gary, Indiana, was arrested outside the Addison Red Line station around 10:50 p.m. Sunday, according to a CPD report. Officers stopped Cleveland for drinking suspected alcohol from a blue cup and noticed what they described as a “hard bulge” in the front of his waistband. When asked if he had any weapons, Cleveland admitted he was carrying a firearm and cops recovered a loaded .40-caliber pistol with an extended magazine and a laser attachment from his waistband, according to the report.
During a search of Cleveland’s backpack, officers allegedly found a second fully loaded pistol with a laser attachment, a bottle of tequila, a bottle of Hennessy, about 3 ounces of marijuana, and 27 suspected ecstasy pills. Cleveland is charged with two counts of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon and one count of possessing ecstasy. Prosecutors asked Judge Rivanda Doss Beal to detain him, but the judge denied the request, according to court records.
Jaydyn Green, 25, of Crete, was arrested shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday directly across the street from the Town Hall (19th) District police station in the 800 block of West Addison Street, according to CPD records. Officers were “dispersing a large crowd of people jumping on CPD squad cars and playing loud music while blocking the street and sidewalk” when they noticed Green wearing a backpack with a “weighted L-shaped object consistent with a firearm,” the report said.
Cops said they saw Green sit down and press his back against the door of a residence, a movement they interpreted as an attempt to conceal the object. As officers tried to move him away from the building entrance, one officer felt what was later determined to be a loaded handgun inside the backpack, the report said. Green allegedly told officers he had a concealed carry license, but police determined he possessed neither a concealed carry license nor a Firearm Owner’s Identification card, according to the report.
Prosecutors did not seek Green’s detention, so Judge James Murphy III released him to await trial and ordered him to surrender any firearms to police within 48 hours.
Derrick Woods, 33, of Richton Park, was arrested around 2:15 a.m. Monday in the 3200 block of North Broadway, CPD said. Officers responded to disperse “a large, unruly crowd consuming alcohol on the public way and actively fighting with the police,” according to Woods’ arrest report. An officer allegedly saw Woods walking on Broadway while drinking suspected alcohol from a cup and carrying a backpack that appeared “heavily weighted in a manner consistent with the weight and shape of a firearm.”
Woods ran when he realized officers were trying to stop him, but he was quickly taken into custody, and police recovered a loaded .40-caliber pistol from his backpack, a CPD report said. Prosecutors asked Judge Doss Beal to detain Woods on a charge of being a felon in possession of a weapon. The judge declined to do so and released him pending trial.
A woman identified in a CPD report as Woods’ girlfriend, 29-year-old Shaneka Campbell, is charged with aggravated battery for allegedly punching an officer in the face multiple times with both fists while the officer was attempting to arrest Woods.
It’s worth noting that police responded to the “large, unruly crowd” nearly four hours after it had formed, blocking the street, obstructing traffic, and using the top of at least one CTA bus as a stage. It’s unclear how the police department managed to avoid seeing what was happening on one of the busiest streets in Lakeview East for so many hours.
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