Police Respond to Call, Stumble Onto Pot Party

After receiving a call that a man was trying to force his way into a residential unit, Niles police went to a condo building in the 6900 block of Wood River Drive just after midnight on May 21.

They found several people gathered outside two units. In talking to them, the officers concluded the man, who had fled the scene, was apparently intoxicated and tried to enter the wrong unit in an attempt to visit 20-year-old Michael Gabor. 

As police talked to Gabor, they smelled the odor of burnt cannabis on his clothing and coming from inside his home. When asked if he had been smoking cannabis, Gabor replied. "Yes," according to the police report.

Police seized the cannabis and issued Gabor a citation.

Police told 'That's my weed'

Ammanoel Shaltapour, 25, of Des Plaines, was charged with possession of cannabis on May 22 after police stopped his companion for driving without a seatbelt in the 7200 block of Dempster.

Police noticed the odor of burnt cannabis coming from inside the vehicle and did a pat-down of both the driver and Shaltapour. After a cylindrical object was found on Shaltapour, he told police, "That's my weed," according to the report.

Shaltapour removed the object from his clothing, and police sent the suspected cannabis for analysis.

Shaltapour's court date is July 5 at the county courthouse in the Skokie.