Machete Brandished At Elmhurst Business: Police

ELMHURST, IL – Super Ego Logistics, which runs a trucking hub in northwest Elmhurst, has been the site of repeated police calls this year.

In early April, the police department issued a "chronic nuisance" warning to the business, which is at 677 N. Larch Ave. Through a public records request, Patch obtained a couple of police reports on the bigger incidents at Super Ego

The company, which is behind Mariano's grocery store, did not return a message for comment.

One incident involved a truck driver, Dequan M. Boone, who was accused of threatening co-workers in the office. In another case, a driver said he was spit upon by a man at the business.

In the late morning of Feb. 22, Boone, 29, of Columbia, South Carolina, asked for work, saying he had not been given an assignment in days, according to a report.

He told officers that he had no money and had not eaten because of the lack of assignments, police said. He said he had been living in the office.

According to the report, Boone said he pulled out the machete to show a supervisor how serious he was about the situation. But he said he did not intend to hurt anyone.

The supervisor threw a chair at the suspect to defend himself, the report said. Employees chased Boone into the parking lot, with a security officer holding him to the ground, police said.

Boone was charged with aggravated assault, unlawful use of a weapon and disorderly conduct.

In a separate incident, on the morning of March 2, a 51-year-old truck driver told police that he encountered a man he used to work for outside the Super Ego building. The driver reported the other man asked, "Do you remember me?" and then spat on him.

Super Ego Logistics, which is behind Mariano's grocery store in Elmhurst, is filled with semi-trucks. (David Giuliani/Patch)

The 51-year-old called police a few days earlier to say that someone punched him in the face at Super Ego. He later said it was an elbowing. Police said that incident was unfounded, so no charges were filed.

As for the spitting suspect, the 51-year-old said he drove a truck for the suspect and abandoned the vehicle in Atlanta. The company later recovered it.

The suspect denied spitting on the driver. But he admitted walking after him and asking sarcastically how he was, the report said. He further asked the 51-year-old whether he would steal another truck and called him a "f------ moron," police said.

Super Ego said it had no video of the incident, according to the report.

In the city warning, Super Ego was told that if three or more nuisance activities occur within three months, the company may be charged.

The company appears to have an active security presence. A month ago, when a Patch reporter stepped a few feet onto the property to take photos, two security officers drove up in an SUV and told the reporter to leave.

Here is information from other police reports at Super Ego:

• On Jan.6, a woman told police that someone stole her purse from her unlocked semi-truck while it was being serviced.
• On Jan. 8, someone stole a semi-truck. The theft was reported two days later.
• On March 1, police received a report from Super Ego that someone sent a fraudulent email acting as one of the company's clients and requesting a change in banking information. A payment was later sent to the suspect.