Chicago man charged after stolen gun found during South Side eviction

A 42-year-old Chicago man is facing a felony gun charge after Cook County sheriff's deputies discovered a stolen firearm at the foot of his bed while enforcing a court-ordered eviction on the South Side.Marecko Green was arrested Oct. 27 after deputies found the loaded weapon inside a studio apartment in the 6200 block of South Dorchester Avenue, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office.Deputies discover stolen gun during evictionAt approximately 10:30 a.m., deputies assigned to the Sheriff's Police Evictions Unit arrived at the apartment to enforce a court-ordered eviction.Deputies found Green, who was named in the eviction order, lying in bed with a loaded firearm at the foot of the bed.Authorities determined that Green did not have a valid Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) card and that the gun had been reported stolen in Chicago.Green was taken into custody.Prior arrests, citationsChicago police records show Green has a history of arrests and citations dating back to 2016,