ID Theft Operation Found At Near West Side Home After Traffic Stop
CHICAGO (STMW) -- A Near West Side man stopped in traffic Tuesday faces a myriad of charges after police executed a search warrant at his home that night and found weapons, heroin and various credit card counterfeiting devices and altered credit cards.
Andre West, 34, has been charged with the use of a counterfeit credit/debit card, possession of a "document-making implement," identity theft, aggravated identity theft, possession of a firearm with a defaced serial number, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and manufacturing or delivering heroin, all felonies, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
West, of the 2500 block of West Flournoy, was arrested Tuesday after officers conducting a traffic stop in the 2400 block of West Van Buren found a handgun in the vehicle, police said.
About 8 p.m., the officers executed a search warrant at West's home and discovered five additional weapons, including a defaced firearm, as well as more than 20 grams of heroin and money, police said.
The officers also found various credit card counterfeiting devices and several re-encoded or altered credit cards, police said.
West was arrested without incident, police said. He is scheduled to appear in bond court Thursday.
