Plaintiff:
Theodore Gomez
Incident date:
03/15/2016
Location:
3042 N New England Ave.
Allegations:
Gomez was driving when Officer Dyker pulled him over. Dyker looked into Gomez's car and saw that he had a hatchet and a knife, which Gomez used for his work as a metal/junk collector. Gomez showed Dyker his license to work as a junk collector, but Dyker arrested and charged him with unlawful use of a weapon. On account of the charges filed against him, Gomez was held in custody for about five hours. The charges against Gomez were later dismissed.