Schaumburg woman arrested after police put GPS tracker on her car
Editor's note: The Cook County State's Attorney's office dropped all charges against Gilbert in May 2012. The village of Schaumburg in April settled with Gilbert a lawsuit she filed regarding her arrest. Hers was among 16 lawsuits filed against the village stemming from the actions of three former Schaumburg police officers indicted on multiple drug conspiracy charges in 2013. The lawsuits alleged a combination of false arrest, illegal search or malicious prosecution by the officers.
A paralegal from Schaumburg was charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance after investigators put a GPS tracker on her SUV and followed her to Chicago where she picked up crack cocaine, authorities said Saturday.
Jovan Gilbert, 32, of the 1000 block of Manchester Court in Schaumburg, was arrested Friday after Schaumburg police found in her car a plastic bag containing 15 grams of a substance that later tested positive for cocaine, assistant State's Attorney Robin Murphy said during a hearing Saturday morning in Cook County circuit court in Rolling Meadows. Gilbert's bond was set at $10,000.
Public defender Michael Fanella said Gilbert was recently promoted to lead paralegal for a mortgage firm in Lake Zurich. She has an associate degree and is currently a student at DeVry University in Addison, Fanella said.
Schaumburg police had received an anonymous tip that Gilbert was selling crack cocaine in the Schaumburg area, Murphy said; investigators then initiated surveillance and put a GPS tracker on her white Range Rover, he said.
On Friday, Schaumburg investigators followed Gilbert to Chicago, and continued to follow her as she made her way back to Schaumburg along the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway, Murphy said. Gilbert was pulled over in the 1200 block of South Roselle Road after she made a turn without signaling, he said.
Gilbert has prior arrests for battery, deceptive practices and driving with a revoked license, authorities said. She is due in court for a preliminary hearing at 9 a.m. Nov. 22.