CHICAGO — A Missouri man is facing gun and other charges after Chicago police said he took part in a donut-spinning “takeover” in Gage Park early Sunday.
Emmanuel Wilson, 30, of Columbia, Missouri, was dressed in a police outfit when CPD officers arrested him around 2:44 a.m. Sunday in the 5600 block of South Kedzie. The real police found an assortment of takeover paraphernalia in his 2023 Dodge Charger Hellcat, which was equipped with police lights and a siren, including a flamethrower and a collection of license plates, according to his arrest report.
Officers responded to Kedzie and 57th Street after police declared a 10-1 emergency at the scene due to takeover participants throwing objects at them, the report said.
One of the arriving officers immediately spotted Wilson’s car, painted in “black and white” style police paint with the words “Pit Enforcer” on the side. According to the report, the vehicle was equipped with a fake Texas license plate, “911 STRIKER.”
Police recognized the car because the same vehicle was recorded on a CPD surveillance camera roaming the intersection of Damen and 33rd Street on Oct. 27, the report continued. Video of the earlier incident showed a man dressed in a police outfit driving the car and standing in the middle of the intersection to film other drivers doing donuts around him, police alleged.
Video of the earlier incident, including the one below, appeared on the @hellcatloki Instagram page.
Based on that earlier incident, officers forced Wilson’s vehicle to a stop and blocked his exit path, the report said. Officers noticed he was wearing the same police outfit as the previous takeover and informed Wilson that they were confiscating his Hellcat because he was drifting.
According to the report, police found a bag of suspected cannabis in plain view on the center console, a loaded 9-millimeter handgun in a backpack near the center console, and a second firearm on the rear passenger side floorboard.
Wilson told police he had a concealed carry permit in Missouri, but the report said he could not prove his claim. Illinois does not recognize concealed carry permits from other states.
A narcotics search and seizure of the Hellcat revealed 61 grams of cannabis, “multiple oscillating light bars that mimic police Mars Lights and a siren mechanism,” a “green flamethrower from the Pulsefire brand,” a gold plastic ATM with a bundle of prop money, a box of fireworks and a collection of fake vanity plates, according to arresting officers.
Police noted that Wilson’s police costume included a uniform, toy handcuffs, a duty belt, a plastic police radio and a fake badge.
Judge Caroline Glennon-Goodman released Wilson on Monday afternoon. He is charged with two felony counts of unlawful use of a weapon and misdemeanor counts of unauthorized title or registration, possession of an oscillating police light, possession of cannabis by a driver and possession of fireworks. He received citations for reckless driving, no valid license plate and operating an uninsured motor vehicle.
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