On Jan. 18, police responded to Boost Mobile on Roosevelt Road around 2 a.m. for reports of a burglary. According to the police report, they found the front door shattered and a fire hydrant cap just inside the door. The business owner came to the store and reported the offender took $100 from the cash register, but nothing else. The surveillance video shows a person dressed in all black with a face mask breaking in and opening the cash register. The business owner told police he didn’t want to sign complaints against the offender if they were found, according to the police report.
Criminal damage
Police arrived at Dunkin’ Donuts Jan. 18 to find that one of the business’ windows was broken. A witness told police that a man threw a piece of concrete at the window. Police located a man who matched the offender’s description and who they had multiple previous interactions with. The suspect man told police he didn’t throw the rock. The surveillance video didn’t capture the incident, and the witness refused to give their information and left before police could ask them to identify the potential offender, according to the police report. No one has been charged, but a Dunkin’ Donuts employee said they would sign a complaint if the offender was identified.
Battery
On Jan. 23, police responded to the Chicago Bulk Mail Center after getting a call about a battery. The caller told police that she saw a former employee outside the center, and they started a verbal altercation about past issues, according to the police report. Then, the former employee pushed her to the ground, and other employees had to separate them. The woman told police she wanted the incident documented, but no one has been charged yet.
Burglary
On Jan. 23, an Area Wide Realty property manager came to the police department to report that, on Jan. 7, he visited a property in the 1100 block of Lathrop Avenue to discover that copper pipes connecting to the basement’s water heater had been removed. He told police there were no signs of forced entry and that only other real estate agents had the lockbox code. He estimated the cost of the piping to be about $500 and said he would sign complaints if the offender was located, police said.
Deceptive practices
A man reported Jan. 24 that he was scammed by Complete Roofing & Masonry LLC after hiring the company to remodel flooring and paint at a property on the 1100 block of Beloit Avenue. He told police that he found the company through Angie’s List or Google. The man sent a $2,400 security deposit Dec. 13, but no work has been done. Police called the contractor, who said he’d reimburse the man in installments, and told him so two days prior. No one has been charged.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Jan. 18 through Jan. 24 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.