After a few months of quiet, gun-related arrests at the Topgolf in Naperville have started up again, with police apprehending three suspects in the past month on firearm charges in and near the facility’s parking lot.
Arrests occurred Feb.1, Feb. 11 and March 1, which was this past Saturday. Prior to February, the last gun-related arrest outside the 3211 Odyssey Court venue was in late October, according to Naperville police spokeswoman Kelley Munch.
Malik Jacorey Gulley, 31 of Chicago, was taken into custody just after midnight Saturday and charged with one felony count of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon.
Officers were patrolling the Topgolf parking lot when they checked an unoccupied silver Chevrolet and “observed cannabis, open alcohol and a black firearm in plain view,” Naperville police Cmdr. Rick Krakow said.
When Gulley and two other occupants returned to the vehicle, the officers detained them, recovered the firearm, cannabis and alcohol and arrested Gulley, Krakow said.
Following his initial appearance, Gulley is next scheduled to be in court March 24.
Jihad Yousef Yamin, 23, of Lisle, was arrested at 7:43 p.m. Feb. 11 in a parking lot adjacent to Topgolf and charged with three felony counts of unlawful possession of a weapon without a valid Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) card/Concealed Carry License.
Officers were patrolling the Topgolf lot when they noticed a black Mercedes Benz with a permit improperly displayed, Krakow said. When they checked car’s vehicle identification number, they observed a firearm in plain view inside, he said.
They waited for the Mercedes leave the Topgolf lot before pulling over the driver in the neighboring WhirlyBall venue parking lot at 3103 Odyssey Court, Krakow said.
It was later learned that the loaded firearm they recovered had been reported as stolen in Chicago, he said. Charges filed in DuPage County Circuit Court say Yamin “knowingly carried on or about his person while in a vehicle a pistol, being a Taurus G2S 9mm firearm, loaded with 7 rounds” and that the pistol was “uncased, loaded and immediately accessible at the time of the offense.”
Yamin’s next court appearance is scheduled for Mar. 20.
Boy Deion Perez, 27 of Harwood Heights, was taken into custody outside Topgolf at 11:24 a.m. Feb. 1 on one count each of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and possession of a controlled substance.
Officers were conducting a foot patrol of the Topgolf lot when they observed suspected drugs in plain view inside a BMW, Krakow said. When two people returned the vehicle, police detained them, recovered a loaded Ruger LCP .380 firearm with an extended magazine and arrested Perez, he said.
According to DuPage court records filed on Feb. 25, Perez also has been indicted on an additional count of aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon.
He has pleaded not guilty to all three counts, court records show. His next court appearance is scheduled for March 10.
Prior to the start of this year, Naperville police made 25 arrests on gun-related offenses outside Naperville’s Topgolf between August 2023 and October 2024.
