A Crestwood woman was accused of disrupting a liquor store and fighting employees after they refused to sell her alcohol earlier in the day.
Employees at a liquor store in the 10700 block of Cicero Avenue told police that Terica Gordon and two females were stopped from buying alcohol on Jan. 14 at 11 p.m. because they lacked the right identification.
Store policy, they said, requires everyone — even those in a group buying alcohol — to present a driver’s license proving their age. Two of the women presented general state identification and one had nothing to show.
The women left, but Gordon soon returned and after arguing with a security guard, grabbed a bottle of champagne and approached the clerk. Refused at the counter, Gordon then threw the bottle to the ground — while complaining of racism — and swung her arms “wildly” at displays, police said.
She pushed and punched a security guard in the face and chest as he escorted her out of the building, according to the police report.
By the time officers arrived, the two were struggling on the parking lot ground. During which time, one of Gordon’s companions threatened to beat up the store clerk and manager, police said.
Gordon, 28, of the 4900 block of Circle Court, was charged with battery, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass.
Rosia C. Mitchell, 27, of the 1000 block of Frexel Road in Ford Heights, was charged with assault.
A third woman was released without charges.
Police said Gordon was initially placed in the back of a squad car during questioning but transferred to a police van for screaming and trying to kick out the back window.
Investigators were still waiting on the store’s surveillance footage at the time of this report, on Jan. 15.
Who can justify this kind of mentality. Some liquor stores wont take a State ID. NO DL... NO LIQUOR. Why does someone from Crestwood ( or Ford heights for that matter) need to drive to OL to by liquor. Are you coming here to drink it? Kennwood has sign clearly posted at the door stating that all persons entering the store must have an ID....period. They are protecting their business license. I have seen this happen before in years past at Kennwood and it ended almost the same way. The person offended felt they were too old to be carded and the clerk was a racist white b@#ch. KENWOOD IS IN BUSINESS BECASUE THEY ARE SO STRICT ABOUT SELLING ALCOHOL LEGALLY. I SAY GOOD FOR THEM. ITS TOO EASY FOR ALCOHOL TO FALL INTO UNDERAGE HANDS. I have been carded all thru my 20's 30's and even after 40. I never liked it but I always understood. This person was trying to keep their job.
Your criticism is irrefutable, only it fails to take the immediate context (to borrow a word) into consideration. This incident was pulled out of our police blotter and expanded, not as an investigative piece but as a matter of official public record. We made the distinction clear in the headline. Nonetheless, I assure you that we’re perpetually investigating and following up on allegations brought forth by the community and by law enforcement. (I personally spend my days at the courthouse in this capacity.) And they go both ways: accusations against citizens and against police departments. In fact, we just concluded a two-month investigation in a neighboring town that disproved a very serious accusation from one of our readers. What’s more, we might have contacted the defendants involved in this incident, only they were unlisted. You, on the other hand, seem to have intimate knowledge of this event. E-mail me at jessemichaelmarx@gmail.com. I’m interested in hearing more.