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Chicago – A door-to-door electricity solicitor who stopped sheriff’s officers to complain about a persistent customer found himself in custody instead. The October 13 encounter in the Uptown neighborhood unfolded after the man approached a resident with what she later described as a misleading pitch about her utility rates. Police records detail how the interaction shifted from a sales call to an arrest on both a warrant and a new charge.
The Initial Sales Approach
The incident began around 3:30 p.m. when a woman answered her door in the 900 block of West Eastwood Avenue. The man at the door presented himself as a representative of ComEd, the local utility, and carried laminated materials showing energy usage and pricing details. He told her rates were changing and asked to review her account information. ([1])…