Disorderly Cousins Burn Toilet Paper and Yell At Neighbor: Prosecutors

Two cousins were charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after refusing a neighbor’s request to lower their voices, Cook County prosecutors said in court on Thursday.

Crestwood Police responded to a noise complaint shortly after midnight Thursday. According to the charges, Gary Bradley, 33, and his 27-year-old cousin Veronica McMullen, were talking extremely loud in the street and setting toilet paper on fire.

Prosecutors said that when the neighbor asked them to lower their voices, the defendants told to “f--- off” and to take her “skinny ass” into the house. When police arrived prosecutors said the two resisted arrest.

McMullen allegedly broke away from an officer to assist her cousin.

The public defender told the judge that the loud talking was “in the context of a barbecue.” The cousins live across the street from the neighbor who made the complaint.

Bradley had no prior criminal record.

Prosecutors said that McMullen had an aggravated battery charge in 2014, and an attempted murder charge in 2008.

The judge set Bradley’s bail at $3,000. McMullen’s was set at $7,500.