A fight unfolded behind Field Stevenson School April 26 after a boy and his friend got into a verbal argument with a group of girls, according to a Forest Park police report. In a video that police watched that was provided by the school, the boy addresses one of the girls, who pushes him. Then he runs at her, and the girl hits him in the face, according to the police report. Officials said the police were called by parents, and a parent of a victim asked for a police report to be made. No one was charged, and disciplinary action will be left to the school, the report said.
Assault at Forest Park Middle School
A woman filed a police report April 25 because her daughter has been bullied by a student at Forest Park Middle School since last year. Police reported that on April 23, the student approached the woman’s daughter on the playground and said, “I want my one,” and the daughter feared she’d be hit. The mother has addressed the issue with the school’s principal and district superintendent, but the problem continues, according to the report.
Aggravated unlawful use of a weapon
While on patrol April 23, police noticed a vehicle with tinted windows and without registration plates. A check showed that the registered owner has a revoked license and a warrant out for his arrest in McHenry County. Officers pulled over the vehicle near Austin Boulevard and I-290 and found a handgun in the pocket of a jacket inside the car, though the driver didn’t have a concealed carry license because he said he was saving up money for one. The man was arrested for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration, an in-state warrant, violation of Illinois Vehicle Code and having a revoked driver’s license.
Aggravated battery
A woman reported April 27 that another woman hit her in the face and pulled her hair at Scratch Public House. According to the police report, the woman’s daughter said the offender also grabbed her and tried to pull her to the ground. One bartender said the woman hit her in the face and another said she threw a bottle at her. Police reported the offender’s breath smelled of alcohol and appeared intoxicated. While in the police car, she kicked an officer in the chest with her legs. She was arrested on two counts of aggravated battery.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated April 22 through April 27 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.