On June 4, a man reported that he parked his car on Troost Avenue around 9 p.m. on June 3. But when he returned to his vehicle just before 8 a.m. the following day, his gym bag was missing, an estimated loss of $350 according to the police report. The man told police that he thought he left his car unlocked and would sign complaints if police could locate the offender.
Between similar overnight hours on the same day, a man on Des Plaines Avenue told police that someone ransacked his unlocked vehicle and stole a loaded Glock 19 gun. Police said they are looking at area surveillance video, and the man said he would sign complaints if they found the offender.
On June 5, a woman staying at an Airbnb in the 800 block of Dunlap Avenue reported that between about 8 p.m. June 4 and 10 a.m. the following morning, her car was unlocked and ransacked. The woman told police she locked the car the night before, but someone stole a backpack, laptop, Apple Air Pods and her wallet. Police are checking cameras in the surrounding area.
On June 6, a woman reported that, the afternoon before, she parked her car at the Exxon gas station at Roosevelt Road and Des Plaines Avenue. She told police that two younger people helped get her walker from the back seat of her car before she went into 7-Eleven. When she came out of the store five minutes later, she said her wallet, which she left on the driver’s seat, was missing, according to the police report. She told police that, though the vehicle was locked, the driver’s window was down.
Backyard theft
Police were dispatched to a residence on Jackson Boulevard June 4, where a man reported that a Weber gas grill and its propane tank were stolen from the back walkway to his home. The grill’s estimated value is $700. An offender has not been identified, though the man said he would sign complaints if they are.
Residential burglary
A woman living on Dunlop Avenue reported a break in at her home. She told police she locked the door before leaving for the overnight shift at work and, when she returned the afternoon of June 4, noticed her birth certificate and social security card missing from an envelope underneath her TV stand. She also said a coin purse with $25 was missing from behind her bedroom door, according to the police report. Police said they noticed no forcible entry.
Violation of order of protection
Police were dispatched to West Lathrop Avenue for reports of a domestic dispute June 5. A woman called police and said her ex-boyfriend, also her child’s father, took their three-month-old without her permission. She also has an order of protection against him. Later, the woman told police that the two were at her father’s house on West Lathrop Avenue to help him move out. They agreed the man would watch the child while the woman helped her father move. The woman placed the baby in the car while she brought in a few more items to the house, while the man took the child from the car and left. Upon arriving at the address, police found a man changing his daughter’s diaper in the living room. An officer took the baby and returned it to her mother, who was standing outside, according to the police report. The man was arrested on one count of violating an order of protection and one count of criminal trespassing.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated June 3 through June 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.