Crime & Safety
Gizmos Suspect Swore in Front of Kids, Spit in Cop's Face: Police
Carlos Kehl body slammed one police officer and put another into a headlock in parking lot confrontation, according to police report.

ORLAND PARK, IL - The man shown on video hurling insults at two police officers outside Gizmos Fun Factory in Orland Park over the weekend began the ordeal in the lobby of the business by "yelling and swearing in an area very crowded with adults and children," according to a report from the Orland Park Police Department.
Around 2:15 p.m. on Saturday, a Gizmos manager asked Carlos Kehl, 33, of Chicago not to yell and swear in front of children before Kehl "aggressively" confronted the manager and began swearing at him, police said.
Two off-duty police officers from other towns who had been hired as security for Gizmos arrived to ask Kehl to leave before a physical confrontation began outside in the parking lot.
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"As security was trying to calm Kehl, Kehl continued to berate, swear, threaten and spit at the officers," according to the report.
In the parking lot, police said Kehl spit on one officer's face and slammed him to the ground. The other officer intervened and was put into a headlock by Kehl, according to the police report.
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VIDEO: Guest Unloads Insults at Cops Outside Gizmos Fun Factory
Kehl took a swing at one of the officer before he sprayed in the face with pepper spray.
A video shared on social media shows Kehl continue to berate the officers outside with an obscenity-laced tired that included the phrase: "I ain't no Trayvon Martin... I'm white and black."
A woman was shown in the video physically constraining Kehl while he was still yelling at the officers.
Eventually, an Orland Park police car showed up and arrested Kehl, who faces two counts of aggravated battery to a police officer, one count of disorderly conduct and one count of assault.
Photo via Orland Park Police Department
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