DuPage County Judge Joshua Dieden has granted the State’s motion to deny pre-trial release for a Downers Grove man accused of hiding a loaded weapon under an occupied child car seat. 40-year old Antoine Street of the 5800 block of Lee Avenue, appeared in First Appearance Court, charged with one count of Aggravated Unlawful Possession of a Weapon Concealed in a Vehicle – No FOID or CCL (Class 4 Felony) and one count each of Misdemeanor charges including Resisting a Police Officer, Endangering the Health or Life of a Child and Unlawful Possession of Cannabis by a Passenger.
On February 3, 2026, at 10:47 p.m., Naperville Police Officers conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle whose registered owner, later identified as Street, had active warrants out of Cook County. During the traffic stop, officers made contact with Antoine Street who was
seated in the rear passenger seat behind the front passenger seat. Officers also observed that next to Street, in the middle seat, was a child car seat with a one-year-old child seated in it. It is alleged that when officers informed Street that he was under arrest and asked him to exit the vehicle, Street resisted and ultimately had to be forced out by officers, after which officers placed him under arrest. It is alleged that during…