On Dec. 6, police were dispatched to the Forest Park Blue Line station for a strong-armed robbery. A man told police that he was riding the train when two suspects came up and demanded his phone. When the man refused, one of the them hit the man’s head with his fist while the other grabbed his backpack. Police took them, both juveniles, into custody, where they were each charged with one count of robbery before being released to their guardians.
Suspicious person
A woman living on Polk Street came into the police department Dec. 7 to report someone on her property. She told police that, around 2 a.m. on Dec. 6, her video surveillance showed a man in her backyard, looking around. He looked into her boyfriend’s car in the parking lot before leaving. No one was charged.
Landlord-tenant dispute
On Dec. 7, police arrived at a Hannah Avenue residence to address a tenant’s complaint that her landlord was harassing her. The landlord had just put up a notice on the building’s parking lot that the woman couldn’t use it, or she’d be towed. She also said the landlord has turned off electricity for minutes at a time, was repeatedly verbally aggressive in the past, and has tried to evict her and her family, but was denied by a judge. Police told the woman that restricting parking wasn’t illegal. When they asked the landlord about turning off the electricity, he said the fuse box was inside the tenants’ apartment. No one has been charged.
Assisting fire
Police responded to Kribi Coffee Dec. 9 after receiving a call that water was pouring into the business. An employee told police that they were setting up the coffee shop and noticed lots of water dripping from the ceiling. The resident of the upstairs unit was contacted and let personnel in. They determined the dishwasher was leaking. No one was charged, but a police report was made for insurance purposes.
Battery
On Dec. 11, a teenager and her mother came to the police department to report a fight at Proviso Math and Science Academy that afternoon. The girl told police that, earlier in the week, her cousin told her that a classmate cheated on her boyfriend. The girl shared the information with another cousin, who sent their text messages to the classmate who cheated, according to police. On Dec. 11, the classmate approached the girl in the hallway, pulled her hair, threw her on the ground and repeatedly punched her face, officials reported. No one has been charged.
“We continue to work with our students to provide a safe and nurturing environment,” PMSA’s assistant principal Dr. Erin Mason told the Review. “We will continue to follow our District Handbook for all student-related issues.”
On Dec. 15, police were dispatched to the intersection of Circle and Madison after getting a call that a woman was pushed out of a car. The woman told police that her boyfriend pushed her from a moving U-Haul truck after an argument. Police provided the woman with a domestic violence victim’s rights sheet. The woman refused medical attention, though police said she had minor injuries from falling into the street, and wanted to sign complaints against the man, who has not been charged.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Dec. 6 through Dec. 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.