On June 20, police were dispatched to the 7400 block of Washington Street for a report of a car following a girl estimated to be about 15 years old. The woman who called the police told them that she was driving when she saw a man in a maroon Hyundai Sonata start talking to a girl who was walking. Although the witness couldn’t make out the conversation, she said the girl looked scared. She asked the girl if she was okay, and the girl told her she didn’t know the man, but he asked her to get in his car, according to the police report. The woman offered her a ride, police said, but the girl continued walking home and the man drove away.
Suspicious person
Police were dispatched to Elgin Avenue June 18 for a suspicious person with a brick standing outside an apartment building. When a resident came home, the man was standing there. When the resident asked him to leave, the man approached him with the brick and threatened to hit him with it. The man went to his car to call the police. Because the suspicious man refused to leave the property, police placed him in custody before discovering he had two serviceable warrants out of Cook County.
Robbery at Dunkin’ Donuts
On June 19, a woman walked into Dunkin’ Donuts and grabbed a 16-ounce Prairie Farm milk from the refrigerator and attempted to walk out without paying, according to a police report. When an employee confronted her, the woman pushed the employee and left with the milk, police said. The employee said they would file complaints if the woman was found.
Robbery at Subway
Also on June 19, a young man came in to buy a bag of chips, according to a police report. A verbal argument broke out between the man and employees, a witness told police. Then the man reached across the counter and took about $150 from the cash register at Subway, according to a police report.
Attempted armed robbery
When police heard that the Melrose Park Police Department was in pursuit of a car for an attempted armed robbery June 19, they helped in response efforts. The car’s driver committed an aggravated assault with a handgun toward a Melrose Park officer at the beginning of the pursuit, according to the police report. The pursuit ended when the car got stuck in the 1200 block of South 18th Avenue in Maywood, officials said in the report. The Melrose Park Police Department took the offender into custody.
Selling tobacco to minors
On June 20, police were conducting compliance checks for the Illinois Tobacco Compliance Enforcement Program. They sent a 17-year-old youth agent into Jimmys Tobacco on Harlem Avenue, where he asked to buy Swisher Sweets Cigarillos, according to the police report. The clerk rang up the teenager and didn’t ask for his photo ID. The woman was given a local ordinance citation for unlawfully selling tobacco to someone under the age of 21.
Patrons in bar after hours
Police were dispatched to Pioneer Tap June 21 for a noise complaint. According to the police report, when they arrived minutes after 1 a.m., police found six people sitting at the bar, which closes at 1 a.m. When police asked the bartender for her name in order to give Pioneer Tap a local ordinance citation, she provided a fake name, officials said. She later provided her correct name, but was given a citation for obstructing identification, according to the police report. Pioneer Tap was issued a citation for people occupying the premises after prohibited hours, police said in a report.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated June 18 through June 21 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.