Police were sent Oct. 24 to the 1200 block of Marengo Avenue for a suspicious auto that had been parked but running for more than 30 minutes. A registration check showed the car’s registration was suspended. Police pulled over the car and discovered the driver had a suspended Illinois license and was visibly shaking, officers reported. The man was asked to exit the vehicle. Inside, police found suspect meth, a glass pipe and blowtorch. The man was charged with operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration, having a suspended license, and possession of methamphetamine.
Missing person
On Oct. 22, a man living on Thomas Avenue contacted police to tell them his brother left the residence that morning. His brother was living with the man and his wife while the couple worked to find him assisted living. Because of his brother’s age, the man said his brother could be confused and lost, but he was unaware if he suffered from dementia. Police entered the brother into their system as a missing person.
Disorderly conduct
Police were dispatched Oct. 25 to McGaffer’s Saloon for reports of two people throwing chairs inside the bar, according to the police report. When police arrived, a person was unconscious but breathing on the bar’s patio and was transported to Rush Oak Park Hospital. A witness told police that two people came into the bar, and the bartender told them to leave because they were too drunk. The two became angry and started throwing chairs on the ground, then left and were yelling at patrons from the sidewalk, according to the police report. When police were on the scene, a woman came into the bar that patrons identified as one of the people throwing chairs. She became irate when police escorted her out and was arrested for disorderly conduct.
Burglary
On Oct. 26, police responded to an Elgin Avenue home on reports someone had entered it. The man living there said he left at 9:30 a.m., and when he returned at about 8:30 p.m., his back door was ajar, though he told police he was certain he locked it. He found a bedroom dresser with its drawers open, and clothes strewn about, plus an air conditioning unit detached from the window. He told police that several items of value, like watches, diamonds, and a guitar, were untouched. No one has been charged.
Suspicious person
Police responded to 711 Des Plaines Ave. Oct. 26 for a report of a man stepping into the street. The man told police that, over the past few days, he was riding CTA trains and was waiting for his mother to pick him up. Police discovered he was an endangered missing person in Chicago and contacted his mother, who was en route to pick the man up, according to the police report. She took him home, and no one was charged.
In-state warrant
On Oct. 27, police were dispatched to the 200 block of Lathrop Avenue just after 4 p.m. to address a car that had been parked and playing loud music since 8 a.m. When police responded to the address, they heard the car’s music from over 50 feet away from the vehicle, according to the police report. Police said they asked the driver to turn down the music, and she did, but turned the volume back up as police left. When police asked for her identification, she repeatedly refused to provide it, according to the police report. The woman was arrested for an in-state warrant out of Cook County, loud music, and a parking violation for exceeding the 2-hour parking limit on that block.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated October 22 through October 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.