Cerasani v. State

OPINION

Mitchell, J.

On September 29, 1993, officers of the Chicago Police Department, armed with an arrest warrant issued in Du Page County, entered a well-known Chicago restaurant and identified themselves to the management of the restaurant. They then asked for Marcello Cerasani, the Claimant in this matter, who was a waiter at the restaurant. Mr. Cerasani was taken into custody in the public portion of the restaurant, brought into a kitchen and searched. He was there informed he was being placed under arrest for criminal conspiracy to acquire a controlled substance. The police officers…