Elmhurst Residents Among DUI Arrests: Cops

ELMHURST, IL – In the last few days, Elmhurst police arrested seven people, including three residents, on charges of DUI, among others. Here is information from the reports:

• Jose Gomez-Gaitan, 18, of Elmhurst, was arrested about 9 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of Virginia on charges of DUI, no valid driver's license, driving an uninsured vehicle, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, consumption of alcohol by a minor and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. According to a police report, he hit a guardrail and garbage cans. He was released on bond.
• Margaret Farrow, 22, of Elmhurst, was arrested about 7 p.m. Friday in the 100 block of East First on a charge of DUI. She was released on bond.
• Pastora Salgado, 40, of Elmhurst, was arrested about 3 a.m. Sunday in the 900 block of South York on charges of DUI, disobeying a traffic control device, not wearing a seatbelt and driving an uninsured vehicle. She was released on bond.
• Bobby Woods, 68, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was arrested about 2 a.m. Saturday at York and Roosevelt on charges of DUI and improper lane usage. He was released on bond.
• Carlos Rodriguez-Velas, 24, of Bensenville, was arrested about 2 a.m. Saturday at North and Addison on charges of DUI, improper lane usage and transportation of open alcohol. He was released on bond.
• Juan Jakoby Bracamontes, 22, of Addison, was arrested about 4 a.m. Sunday at Walnut and Lake on charges of DUI, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of marijuana, stopped in a roadway, failure to wear a seatbelt and driving an uninsured vehicle. According to a police report, he was stopped and behind the wheel asleep. He was taken to the DuPage County Jail.
• Matthew Allen Weber-Mixon, 37, of Des Plaines, was arrested about 7 p.m. Sunday in the 500 block of West Armitage on charges of DUI, possession of a controlled substance, possession of alcohol, criminal damage to property, driving an uninsured vehicle and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. He was taken to the DuPage County Jail.

Police report information is provided by local police departments. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions on a given day, and people charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.