On April 16, police were dispatched to the CTA Blue Line terminal for a battery in progress. A CTA employee told police that a man was sleeping on the train. The employee said, when he woke the man up at the end of the train line, the man became upset, quickly approached him, and hit the employee’s forehead with his own. Police located and positively identified the offender, who was charged with battery.
Aggravated battery
Police were dispatched to the Forest Park Public Library on April 15 after staff called to report a man who was threatening them. When police asked the man to leave, he immediately became aggressive, swearing and yelling. Police reported an open bottle of Fireball whiskey and a rusty metal spike near the man. After several attempts asking the man to leave, police grabbed his jacket, and the man hit them twice before agreeing to leave. Police then stopped him from gathering his belongings, fearing he’d use the metal spike as a weapon. The man swung his arm and made contact with police multiple times in the process, so police performed an emergency takedown on a nearby desk. The man was charged with three counts of resisting an officer, plus one count each of aggravated battery and assault.
On April 16, an officer was called to the police station lobby when a man refused to leave the building several hours after retrieving his personal effects, according to the police report. When the officer attempted to escort the man out, he became aggressive and swung his arm at the officer. As police came to help, the man hit an officer in the neck and tensed his body to resist arrest. Officers eventually placed him into custody and charged him with aggravated battery, aggravated assault and two counts of resisting an officer.
DUI
While on patrol just after midnight on April 18, police saw a car on Roosevelt Road that had one headlight and was struggling to stay in its lane. Police pulled the car over and noticed the driver smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech, and that there were beer bottles scattered throughout the car. He was charged with illegal transportation of alcohol, improper lane usage, not having a license, operating an uninsured car, driving under the influence of alcohol, and violating state vehicle code.
Possession of controlled substance
While on patrol on April 18, police pulled over an unregistered car. Police said they noticed a white, powdery substance on the floor of the car and console. After the driver consented to police searching the car, police found suspect cocaine and cannabis. At the police department, officers recovered suspect heroin from the man’s shoe. He was charged with two counts of possession of controlled substances, one count of possession of cannabis in a car, and one count of improper use of registration since his license plates were fraudulent.
Open alcohol
Police were dispatched to the intersection of Cermak and Des Plaines on April 20 for a possible intoxicated driver. According to the police report, police pulled over the driver, who appeared lucid and cooperative. Police asked him if he had a firearm on him. He answered yes, and the police confirmed he had a valid license before temporarily taking the gun from his waistband. Police saw a red Solo cup filled with brown liquid on the car floor. The man’s girlfriend came to pick him up, and he was cited for open alcohol.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated April 15 through April 20 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.