On March 31, a woman reported that, the evening before, she and her cousin went to Pioneer Tap to celebrate her new job. When the woman ordered her second drink for the night, the security guard knocked it over while cleaning the table and got her another one. But when the woman took a sip of her new drink, she immediately felt ill. She took the drink with her to Submarine Tender, then home with her, where she performed a drug test on the drink. It was positive for MDMA. The woman reported that she is willing to sign complaints if police locate the offender.  

Fire 

A fire broke out at Epyk Luxury at 7446 Madison Street around 8:30 p.m. April 1. The Forest Park Fire Department was joined by River Forest, Oak Park and North Riverside in extinguishing the fire. The owner of Epyk Luxury said she and her team left the building around two hours before the fire broke out and that she’s unsure how the blaze could have started. The person who called 911 and another witness both reported someone in the store around 20 minutes before they saw smoke but were unable to provide a description of the suspect. The building’s owner told police that the owner of Epyk Luxury has not paid rent during the past few months and that he was in the process of evicting the business. The fire is still under investigation. 

Aggravated battery of a senior citizen 

Police were dispatched to Aperion Care at 8200 Roosevelt Road April 6. On arrival, they found a man in a wheelchair bleeding profusely from his head. He was transported to Loyola Hospital. The victim shared a room with the man who hit him. The man said he’s been complaining about the victim, and asked staff to place him in another room, for about three months. Around that time, he said that the victim started kicking his bed and defecated in his own bed, then placed the linens onto his roommate’s. When the man reportedly broke into the suspect’s closet, stealing multiple clothing items and wearing them, and staff didn’t help recover the clothes, he broke off a pole from the closet and hit his roommate in the face around 10 times. Medical staff said the suspect never expressed his anger to them, and police reported he displayed signs of paranoia and mental illness. Officers decided not to take him into custody as medical staff advised that he be transported to the hospital for psychological evaluation.  

Suspicious person 

While on patrol March 29, police reported that they noticed a subject who matched the description of someone wanted by the Forest Park Police Department. Police stopped him in the 700 block of Maple Avenue to ask for his ID, but he refused to show it or to give his name and date of birth. The officers confirmed his ID through a past I-Clear photo and placed him into custody to be arrested on one count of aggravated flee and one of suspended or revoked driver’s license.  

Aggravated battery  

Police were dispatched to the CTA Blue Line at 711 Des Plaines Avenue April 4 to address a disturbance. CTA security had asked a woman to leave the train car after seeing her smoke crack. She refused and pulled out a knife, so he called the police. When police asked the woman to exit the train car, she walked away and, upon being detained, kicked an officer in the shin twice. She has an active warrant out of Cook County and was arrested for aggravated battery.  

These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated March 29 through April 6 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.  

Clarification, April 11, 2024: The first story has been clarified to report that a woman, whose name has been redacted from files, reported to police that the drink she obtained from a Forest Park bar tested positive for MDMA. The police report also has been attached.