On Jan. 7, a resident at a Dunlop Avenue building called police to report the property owner’s son. The man told police that the son randomly barricades the front and back door of the building, keeping residents from getting out. He said the man also keeps a dog in the laundry room. According to the police report, the Dunlop building is on the village’s nuisance property list, and the building department has been contacted about possible unsafe living conditions there. No one has been charged.

In-state warrant 

  • On Jan. 5, police responded to the 7300 block of Madison Street after a man called and said his mother was in danger there. When police responded to the address, the building and surrounding area appeared empty, until the man pulled up in his car. Police ran his name in their system and found he had a serviceable warrant out of Cook County. The man was talking to his mother on the phone, and when he handed it over to police, his mother told them she was home and OK. Police arrested the man on his warrant. 
  • Police responded to Dunkin’ Donuts Jan. 11 to remove a person from the premises. Police said they recognized the offender, who was walking away from the store, from prior interactions. Upon checking his name in their system, they discovered he had a serviceable warrant out of Cook County for retail theft, according to the police report. Police said they found the suspect on Harlem and Lake, where they gave him several orders to stop as he fled. He was arrested on two cases of resisting an officer, possession of drug equipment and a controlled substance, and an in-state warrant.

Fire

On Jan. 7, police responded to Washington Street for a fire inside an apartment. They located the source and evacuated the tenant. She told police that she extinguished a burning incense stick before putting it in a fake plant and falling asleep, according to the police report. Fifteen minutes later, she woke up, was unable to put out the fire and called 911.

Criminal trespassing 

On Jan. 10, police arrived in the 300 block of Circle Avenue to help the Cook County Sheriff’s Office with an eviction. When police arrived, deputies were informing a woman on the property that because she’d been evicted, she was trespassing. Officers formed a line to block the woman from the property, and she repeatedly tried to push past them, according to the police report. Then, the landlord told officers he would sign complaints against the woman for criminal trespassing. Police said that after the woman pulled away from handcuffs, they took her into custody. She was charged with trespassing and resisting an officer.

Missing person

A man came into the police department Jan. 10 to report his daughter missing after no one had heard from her in 12 days. He said he and his daughter’s stepmother last saw her at Lake and Harlem in River Forest, where they gave her food and winter clothing. His daughter is an unhoused person, according to the police report.

Disorderly conduct

Police were dispatched to the CTA Blue Line stop in Forest Park on Jan. 13 for a fight on the south side of the mezzanine area between three subjects. An officer stopped a fleeing subject, who said he was jumped and slammed on his head. He had injuries on his face and head, according to the police report, and was taken to Rush Oak Park Hospital. A bus driver told police the man threw an axe behind a gate before fleeing. Bystanders told police it was a one-on-one fight and that they saw no weapons. The other two suspects left the area before police could talk to them.

About two hours later, police were called again to the scene, where all three suspects were in a verbal argument. No one was arrested. 

These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Jan. 5 through Jan. 13 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.