March 28, 2007
An officer saw and heard loud and excessive music from a vehicle. The officer drove north on Riverside drive, and at 26th saw that same blue Nissan SUV heading south past the squad car while cranking its loud and excessive bass to unwilling listeners beyond 75 feet away. The officer pulled up behind the noisy Nissan at the Riverside Drive and Harlem stoplight; there, the bass was so tremendous that the squad car’s rearview mirror shook. The driver, a 29-year-old Chicago man, produced a traffic ticket in lieu of his driver’s license. Passengers were told to exit because the car was being impounded. One passenger, a Chicagoan age 31, had an active warrant from South DuPage County. The arresting officer spotted a clear plastic bag of marijuana on the ground near the wanted man, who admitted it was his. South DuPage County agreed to pick him up. Canine Officer Epo alerted to numerous areas of the car, but it no longer contained drugs. A further search of the Nissan yielded an open 12-ounce Corona beer, a plastic bag containing four empty Coronas, and one full Corona still in a six-pack holder. The driver was ticketed for violating the noise ordinance and illegal transportation of open alcohol. The car was impounded pending payment of the $500 too-loud fine.
