Crime & Safety
‘Salesmen’ Arrested for Trespassing Inside Wicker Park Apartment
Two people "made it seem" like they were from ComEd and asked to see a resident's bill. He called the cops.
Chicago, IL - Two door-to-door sales representatives who claimed to be from ComEd but are not were arrested Monday night when two residents of an apartment building in the 1500 block of North Wicker Park Avenue called the cops on them for trespassing.
Romello Strong and Joseph Monroe, both 21, were both charged with criminal trespassing and not having a peddler license, according to a DNAinfo Chicago report.
Strong and Monroe were said to be defiant and “relentless” even when told by residents they were trespassing. One resident told DNAinfo that a woman “made it sound like” she was with ComEd and requested to see his ComEd bill.
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There were two other solicitors in the building when Strong and Monroe were arrested, but they avoided arrest.
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