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 a firearm. two firearms. And CPD reports show all three accused men are from the suburbs.
Chicago police said a total of 34 people, including five juveniles, were arrested at the event, most of them during the unsanctioned post-parade street party that has overtaken the neighborhood for the past decade. Only six of the 34 people are charged with crimes, with the gun cases representing the most serious charges.
Jayron Cleveland, 22, of Gary, Indiana, was arrested outside the Addison Red Line station on Sunday around 10:50 p.m., according to a CPD report. Officers stopped Cleveland for allegedly drinking alcohol from a blue cup and noticed what they described as a “hard bulge” on the front of his waistband. When asked if he had any weapons, Cleveland admitted he had a firearm and police found a loaded .40-caliber handgun with an extended magazine and a laser attachment on his waistband, the report said.
During a search of Cleveland’s backpack, officers reportedly found a second fully loaded handgun with a laser attachment, a bottle of tequila, a bottle of Hennessy, approximately 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 possession of ecstasy. Prosecutors asked Judge Rivanda Doss Beal to detain him, but the judge denied the request, court records show.
Jaydyn Green, 25, of Crete, was arrested Sunday shortly before 10 p.m., 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 police cars and playing loud music while blocking the street and sidewalk” when they noticed Green was wearing a backpack with a “weighted L-shaped object resembling a firearm,” the report said.
Police said they saw Green sitting and pressing his back against the door of a home, a move they interpreted as an attempt to conceal the object. As officers tried to remove him from the entrance of the building, an officer felt what later turned out to be a loaded handgun in the backpack, the report said. Green allegedly told officers he had a concealed carry permit, but police determined he possessed neither a concealed carry permit nor a firearms owner’s identification card, the report said.
Prosecutors had not requested Green’s detention, so Judge James Murphy III released him pending trial and ordered him to surrender all 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 by “dispersing a large, unruly crowd that was consuming alcohol on public streets and actively fighting with police,” according to Woods’ arrest report. An officer allegedly observed Woods walking on Broadway drinking suspected alcohol from a cup and wearing a backpack that “appeared to be heavily weighted in a manner consistent with the weight and shape of a firearm.”
Woods fled when he realized officers were trying to stop him, but he was quickly taken into custody and police recovered a loaded .40-caliber handgun from his backpack, according to a CPD report. Prosecutors asked Judge Doss Beal to hold Woods on a charge of being a felon in possession of a weapon. The judge refused to do this 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 as the officer attempted to arrest Woods.
It’s worth noting that police responded to the “large, unruly crowd” nearly four hours after it formed, blocking the street, impeding traffic and using the top of at least one CTA bus as a stage. It’s unclear how police managed to avoid seeing what was happening on one of Lakeview East’s busiest streets for so many hours.
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