On May 25, police responded to an accident on the 7600 block of Madison St. involving a semi-truck. According to the police report, the truck crashed into a traffic light, which fell through the window of China Dragon 2. The driver told police he had no knowledge of hitting the light, and police said they noticed no damage to his semi-truck.
Home invasion
Police were dispatched to a residence on Randolph Street May 24 for a burglary. The man who lived there was sleeping in a chair in his living room when he woke up to a man standing over him, whom he told police entered through an open window. According to the police report, the man yelled at the intruder, who ran out the front door. The man didn’t report anything missing from his home, and the offender has not been identified or charged.
Telephone harassment
On May 25, a man who lives on Roosevelt Road received threatening texts from his son’s ex-girlfriend, who has been arrested for domestic battery, officials said. The ex-girlfriend accused his son of pushing her down the stairs, killing their 7-week fetus, according to the police report. Police advised the man to block the numbers that the woman is texting him from. The man and his son said they are in the process of getting an order of protection against the woman.
Car theft
While on patrol May 27, police conducted a registration check on a vehicle and confirmed that it was stolen in Rockford in April. Police pulled over the car on Harlem Ave. The driver told police he bought the car on Facebook Marketplace, but deleted his Facebook messages since, according to the police report. The driver was arrested for motor vehicle theft, a suspended or revoked license and an in-state warrant. The passenger was charged with criminal trespassing to a vehicle and was released from the police department under the Non-Discretionary Pretrial Release Conditions, according to the police report.
Also on May 27, police responded to the 1100 block of Harlem Ave. for a motor vehicle theft. The owner of the car said his landlord provided him with surveillance footage of two offenders stealing the car May 26. One offender struck the rear passenger window and both climbed through it before driving away in the car, according to the police report. The Chicago Police Department located and towed the car.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated May 24 through May 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.