Elderly couple say strongest drug in house is aspirin
CHICAGO —While her husband slept, 84-year-old Anna Jakymek was just turning out the light in the bedroom when she heard loud noises coming from the rear and front doors about 11:30 p.m. Thursday.
At first she thought her 89-year-old husband fell out of bed, but realizing something else was happening she went out to look in the front room.
"I see maybe 20 guys come in and see the door knocked open," she said.
What she saw were members of the Cook County Sheriff's Police Gang Crimes Narcotic Unit. They were executing a search warrant at their Southwest Side home on the 5600 block of South Kilbourn Avenue. Right house, wrong people.The search warrant indicated the home might have crystal meth, cocaine, guns and money.
"They show me a sheet with a woman and man who complained we have that. We don't," she said. "They broke two doors and a garage window. Then they say, 'C'mon, c'mon--go, go, go, stay by your husband. He said someone complained we had all these drugs."
Son Andrew said the most potent drug in the home was aspirin.
"They don't smoke, drink or even watch TV. They believe in America," he said.
He added that his father, Andrij suffers from Alzheimers and has terminal cancer.
"He won't even take pain medicine," he said.
The former Ukrainian residents have lived in the house since 1967, according to their son. He said his father was a retired tailor and his mother had been an elevator operator into her late 70's for Peoples Gas.
He said his mother called him after the raid at the request of the leading sergeant on the scene. When he got there, he said he was told they raided the wrong home.
"When I arrived the officer explained they had misinformation, but said his job was over, and he was leaving. They left a copy of the warrant, but he absolved himself of any responsibility for the raid or the damage," Jakymec said.
He estimated it might cost up to $3000 to fix the broken doors, locks and windows.
"Everything was violently opened. Cabinets were ripped open, clothes and sheets were everywhere, and pieces of wood where the doors were rammed were all over the place," he said.
"My parents are refugees from the Soviet Union. They are naturalized citizens. They have relatives there who were abused for political reasons. You might expect it there, but not here," Jakymec said.
The warrant indicated police were looking for a 23-year-old man, described as Hispanic who lived in the ranch home.
Anna added, "I didn't believe it was the police. They broke everything. I told them they should have rung the bell."
Cook County authorities said they were looking into it.
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