While on patrol Sept. 15, police got a hit on a stolen vehicle out of Indiana and followed the car. On the 700 block of 4th Avenue, Maywood, four males got out of the stolen car wearing black ski masks, according to the police report. Two of the offenders ran west and two ran south, police said. One of the suspects threw a firearm in the alley, which was also stolen out of Indiana, according to officials. After several commands to stop, police reportedly tased one of the males, a 17-year-old. He was later taken to the Juvenile Detention Center in Chicago’s Tri-Taylor neighborhood. Maywood police allegedly found two of the other offenders and one gun in a 4th Avenue yard, also stolen out of Indiana. The two men were charged with criminal trespassing to a vehicle and resisting an officer.
Battery
Police were dispatched Sept. 15 to 7500 Roosevelt Road for reports of an employee threatening another employee. One man told police that he was reassigned to a new workstation and asked his colleague for help twice. The second time that the colleague refused to help him, the colleague struck the man’s face with an open hand. The business’ manager wasn’t aware of the incident, and no one has been charged, according to the police report.
Aggravated assault
On Sept. 15, police were dispatched to the Forest Park Blue Line CTA station for reports of a man in the mezzanine trying to fight people with a stick, according to the police report. Police said they located the man and told him to put down the bludgeon before one officer took it from him. When police tried to arrest him, the man reportedly pushed them away and resisted repeatedly. Police forced the man to the ground and took him to the police station, officials reported. The man told police he started swinging the bludgeon over an argument about a cigarette and that he is always angry and hears voices. He was charged with four counts of aggravated assault and four counts of resisting an officer.
On Sept. 10, a man at the same train station was allegedly threatening CTA security with bolt cutters after jumping the turnstile without paying. CTA security turned the offender over to the police department, which charged him with aggravated assault, aggravated battery, reckless conduct, theft of services, and possession of burglary tools, which police found in his backpack.
Aggravated robbery
On Sept. 14 around 6 p.m., police were dispatched to the Harlem Blue Line CTA station for a call about a man wearing a ski mask who attempted to rob someone with a gun. Police reported that they saw the man flee west on the train tracks before crossing the eastbound lanes, median and westbound lanes of I-290. Police caught the man and took him into custody, where the man reportedly told police that another man approached him at the train station to sell him cannabis. The offender allegedly placed the cannabis in his pants and started negotiating its cost before a brief altercation took place and the seller attempted to grab the cannabis from the front of his pants. The offender said he pretended to have a gun to get the man away from him, though officers reported that they saw him with a gun and found one by the road. The man was charged with aggravated robbery, resisting an officer, lacking a Firearm Owner’s Identification card and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
Stray animals
Police were dispatched to the 1200 block of Elgin Avenue Sept. 12 because there were five pit bulls lingering on the block, according to the police report. A woman living on the street secured them in her backyard, though she told police they don’t belong to her. Police put the dogs in three squad cars and took them to the Animal Care League since they had no collars or tags.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Sept. 10 through Sept. 15 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.