Two men have been arrested and as many as eight others are being sought in connection with a fight on Naperville’s northwest side. According to a police, a man was hit in the head and his car stomped on and badly damaged during the incident.
Adam D. Martin, 21, and David S. Martin, 19, both of Aurora, are free on bond and awaiting trial in the case, which Naperville police Sgt. Bill Davis said remains under investigation.
Davis said police were sent about 10:46 p.m. Saturday to investigate a report of “a fight in progress” on the 1700 block of Windward Avenue. That is in the Riverbrook West area just north of North Aurora Road and east of Route 59.
Witnesses told police between six and 10 teenagers or young men approached them in a parking lot, and that “a fight ensued between the victim and one of the subjects,” Davis said Wednesday via email. A supplemental police report indicated the victim was struck in the head.
“The remaining subjects then started kicking and jumping on the victim’s vehicle,” a maroon, 1999 Toyota Corolla, Davis said. Police, upon their arrival on the scene, found the car “had several broken windows, and the roof was collapsed,” he said.
All of the teens or young men by that time had left the area on foot. Davis said Adam Martin and David Martin, who “(matched) the description of some of the suspects,” were found walking near North Aurora Road and Golden Gate Lane, not far from the scene of the fight.
Both men were “uncooperative” when approached by police, Davis said. Adam Martin “began to walk away (from) the officers and was told to stop, and had to be physically detained,” he said.
Adam Martin “continued to resist the officers by pulling his arms away, to avoid being arrested,” Davis said. That led to his being charged with resisting a peace officer and obstruction of identification, he said.
David Martin was taken into custody on two arrest warrants that reportedly stem from traffic tickets he received earlier this year in Bolingbrook.
The police investigation “continues in reference to the fight and damage to the vehicle,” Davis said. He added police do not know what might have triggered the melee.
An examination of court documents showed Adam Martin was arrested in 2011 and charged with battery in Aurora. He also was placed on supervision, after being found guilty in a 2012 case of criminal trespass to a building in Naperville.
David Martin was arrested in 2010 and charged with resisting or obstructing a police officer in Bolingbrook, although that case was later dismissed.
Davis said he did not know how, or whether, the Martins are related to one another. Both men have arraignment dates pending in DuPage County Circuit Court in Wheaton.