Crime & Safety
Geneva Blotter: Underage Drinking, Drug Paraphernalia
The following information was supplied by the Geneva Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Geneva police reports for the week prior to Dec. 24 include separate arrests of 20-year-old out-of-towners.
Underage Drinking
Geneva police arrested Cara Arwood, 20, of Winfield on charges of illegal possession of alcohol by a minor around 5:11 a.m. Dec. 19 at a private residence in the 700 block of May Street, reports said. According to a complaint in the 16th Circuit Court, Arwood knowingly consumed alcoholic liquor. She has a court date of Jan. 21 at the Kane County Branch Court, 530 S. Randall Road, St. Charles.
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Drug Paraphernalia
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Geneva police arrested Gabriel Martinez, 20, of Aurora on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia around 11:38 p.m. Dec. 14 in the parking lot at 523 Crescent Place, reports said. According to a complaint filed in the 16th Circuit Court, Martinez possessed a pipe constructed of aluminum foil, commonly known as a “bowl,” an item of drug paraphernalia, with the intent to use that pipe in inhaling cannabis into his body. He has a court date of Jan 14 at the Kane County Branch Court, 530 S. Randall Road. He also received a warning notice for driving without lights, as required.
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