Nine cops quell brawl involving 7 men in Naperville
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (STMW) — Long-simmering enmity between two Aurora residents sparked a melee that ended with the arrests of seven men in the parking lot of a Naperville strip mall.
Nine Naperville police officers were sent to end the brawl that erupted late Saturday afternoon outside the Burlington Coat Factory outlet at 510 S. Route 59, just east of the Westfield Fox Valley shopping center in Aurora.
Police arrested Anthony Alonzo, 23; Daniel Alonzo, 21; Javier Alonzo, 28; Seferino Alonzo III, 30; Martin A. Diaz, 24, Jorge L. Mendez, 25; and Rafael Vargas Jr., 25, police Cmdr. Mike Anders said Monday.
The Alonzos are brothers and Diaz, Mendez and Vargas are friends. All are from Aurora, and all were arrested and charged under a municipal ordinance with fighting, Anders said.
Bad blood between Mendez and Javier Alonzo apparently ignited the fight, Anders said. “They had had disagreements in the past,” he said.
The two were coincidentally shopping in the store when the trouble began about 4:29 p.m., Anders said. Mendez, who was accompanied at the time by Diaz and Vargas, apparently caught sight of Alonzo there.
Anders said the two quarreled loudly before Alonzo allegedly used his wireless telephone to call his brothers. Anthony, Daniel and Seferino Alonzo arrived soon after, and all seven men began fighting in the parking lot.
Eight police officers and a sergeant were sent to the scene to break up the fight, Anders said.
No police officers and no bystanders were injured in the fracas, and there were no reports of property damage, Anders said. Some of the men involved in the fight “had some visible injuries,” but all declined to be transported to area hospitals for treatment, he said.
All seven men are free on bail and have arraignment dates pending in Naperville’s field court in Wheaton.
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