Tinley Park Man Hurls Hookahs and Ice Cream At Store Clerk: Cops

HICKORY HILLS, IL -- A Tinley Park man was arrested after he damaged a cash register at a Hickory Hills gas station because the store did not sell alcohol, prosecutors said. Gabriel Trojanowski, 19, appeared before Cook County Judge John Gallagher on a felony charge of criminal damage to property. He was also charged with misdemeanor battery.

According to the charges, Trojanowski went to the Shell station at 8801 W. 87th St. in Hickory Hills on Nov. 28, when he asked for help finding the alcohol. When told by the clerk that the store didn’t sell booze, Trojanowski became upset and allegedly started arguing with other people in the store. The clerk told Trojanowski to leave.

On his way out, the prosecutor said Trojanowski picked up a hookah that was for sale and threw it at the clerk. The base of the hookah hit the cash register, causing approximately $1,000 worth of damage. Trojanowski then went to the freezer and allegedly began pelting the clerk with ice cream sandwiches. He was arrested later on Dec. 19, according to court records.

Trojanowski was in a similar altercation a few hours earlier on Nov. 28 the prosecutor said, where he is accused of punching a store clerk’s face and damaging the glass display case at Ridge Mart, 10343 Southwest Highway in Chicago Ridge. He was charged with misdemeanor battery, criminal damage to property and resisting arrest. Trajanowski informed the judge that the other charges were dropped, but he’s going on trial Jan. 31 for resisting arrest.

Trojanowski is currently being held in Cook County Jail for violating bail. The judge issued a $50,000 I-bond on the new charges and ordered electronic monitoring. Trojanowski’s next court date is Jan. 4 in Bridgeview.