The Village of Forest Park reported March 7 that they had issued and mailed a check to Lyons Pinner Electric Company late last month for nearly $6,000. The village received a call from the Forest Park National Bank saying that the check attempted to be cashed, but wasn’t honored. It is unknown if the check was obtained in transit or from Lyons Pinner, and there was no financial loss to the village.  

Aggravated discharge of a firearm 

On March 10, police were dispatched to the 200 block of Des Plaines Avenue for reports of shots fired. One woman witnessed three men arguing and said two of them shot at the third. She reported that one of the shooters fled in his car and the victim entered the stairwell of a nearby building where a second witness said he lives. Police talked to the man who was shot at, though he didn’t wish to provide a statement or require medical assistance. Officers collected everyone’s information, though no one was charged. 

Battery 

  • On March 5, police responded to reports of a domestic disturbance in the 700 block of Des Plaines Avenue. While in the car, a man accused his girlfriend of cheating, stole her phone then exited the car. When police located and addressed him, he ignored them, then physically resisted their attempts to detain him. During the struggle, the man struck a police officer, and another officer tased him. He was arrested for aggravated battery to a peace officer. 
  • A man trespassed into a CTA employee break room March 6 in the 700 block of Des Plaines Avenue. Two security officers told him to leave the station and, while attempting to stop the man, he pushed them. When police located the man, they arrested him for battery.  

DUI  

  • Police responded March 8 to a hit and run accident on Des Plaines Avenue and Roosevelt Road, where a white Jeep Cherokee ran into a Pace bus. River Forest police pulled over the Jeep in Elmwood Park. The driver had slurred speech and red eyes, and officers smelled alcohol. Because it was raining and there was no dry place to conduct a field sobriety test, police took the woman to the Forest Park police department, where she failed the test and had a blood alcohol concentration of .156. She was processed under several charges and given a court date. 
  • While on patrol March 10, police curbed a vehicle on the 500 block of Jackson Boulevard because it was registered to a man with a revoked license for driving under the influence. The man reportedly smelled strongly of alcohol, had glassy, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. Police took him to the station, where he had a blood alcohol concentration of .159, and they read him his Miranda Rights.  

Domestic dispute 

Responding to a call for an argument in the 7300 block of Circle Avenue March 8, police made contact with an arguing couple. The man was trying to make his girlfriend leave his apartment. The woman, who officers observed smelled like alcohol, was yelling about how her boyfriend cheated on her and hit her in the eye while they were arguing. Police observed no marks on her face or the man’s hands. The woman was escorted out of the residence.  

These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated March 5 through March 10 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.