Elmhurst Shop Investigated As Chronic Nuisance: Cops

ELMHURST, IL – An Elmhurst store this week was the subject of a chronic nuisance investigation by local police after it was charged with selling a product containing THC, police said.

On March 7, a 69-year-old employee was cited on a charge of selling Delta 8 synthetic marijuana at Little Shopper, 697 N. York St., police said. The city barred such sales late last year.

In May 2020, police reported that Little Shopper was open in violation of the governor's stay-at-home order in the early months of the pandemic.

According to the report, an officer saw several customers entering and leaving the business over three hours on a Friday. As a tobacco and vape store, it was among the "nonessential" businesses ordered to be closed under the governor's order in March 2020.

The owner later explained to Patch why the store was open.

Under a city ordinance, if the shop gets a chronic nuisance warning, it has 10 days to respond in writing to the city with a plan to eliminate the nuisance.

If property owners receive three or more nuisance warnings within 180 days, they may be charged under the ordinance and appear before an administrative hearing officer.

If the property is found to be a chronic nuisance, the owners could be charged $500 to $1,000 for each violation.