Joliet police charge 16 with selling tobacco to minors

JOLIET – Joliet police cited 16 people for allegedly selling tobacco to minors.

Joliet Deputy Police Chief Ed Gregory said in an email that the citations were part of an ongoing compliance detail that enlists the aid of juveniles to buy or try to buy tobacco from vendors.

“Joliet police detectives are checking area businesses for compliance with the sale and distribution of tobacco and smokeless tobacco products or accessories in any of its forms to any minor under 18 years of age,” Gregory said.

One of the 16, Mohammed Altahat, 67, of the 100 block of North Chicago Street, who was seen by a Joliet police detective to have sold a pack of Newport cigarettes to a 15-year-old juvenile. He was issued a citation at 5:37 p.m. on Friday.

Other people cited included:

• Alisia M. Atiq, 20, of the 100 block of Alder Creek Court, Joliet

• Matthew Sijo, 39, of the 300 block of North Center Street, Joliet

• James J. Kyd, 19, of the 5000 block of Pine Trails, Plainfield

• Cheyenne C. O’Sullivan, 24, of the 200 block of Madison Street

• Fahad K. Masood, 23, of the 100 block of Park Meadow Lane, Bolingbrook

• Asfar U. Moin, 53, of the 1500 block of Arborwood Circle, Romeoville

• A 17-year-old juvenile

• Brian P. Malloy, 49, of the 1100 block of Oxford Lane, Joliet

• Aida A. Rihan, 57, of the 2800 block of Ferro Drive, New Lenox

• Susan M. Myers, 65, of the 1900 block of Timbers Edge Circle, Joliet

• Donald L. Gorss II, 31, of the 1900 block of South State Street, Lockport

• Joe A. Mancera, 18, of the 2700 block of South State Street, Lockport

• Jayesh Mehta, 67, of the 2200 block of Route 59

• Larry K. Irving, of the 100000 block of Echo Lane, Willowbrook

• Kenya R. Barnslater, 25, of the 100 block of East 15th Street, Lockport

• Lashon R. Hudson, 35, of the 7100 block of West Caton Farm Road, Plainfield