Around noon on Aug. 5, police were dispatched to the intersection of Beloit and Lexington for a strong-armed robbery. Police reported a severely damaged minivan without license plates at the corner. Multiple witnesses reported a hit and run with a work truck and trailer. One said the truck hit the minivan multiple times before men in facemasks exited the minivan. An employee of Morning Noon and Night Plumbing said he was working when he saw the men taking their $18,000 sewer camera before his coworker hit the minivan with the work truck. He followed the minivan as it reversed, hitting it twice more before three men got out and into a white sedan that drove off. The offenders hadn’t been identified at the time of the report.
Assault
Police were dispatched to Riveredge Hospital on Aug. 5 around 4:30 a.m. for a dispute between employees. Upon their arrival, a woman told them another employee threatened her about a shift rotation. She reported that the employee verbally assaulted her, said he’d slap her and that he’d killed people before. She also said the man made a phone call regarding someone else coming to the hospital to fight. She added that she reported it to supervisory staff, but they didn’t take it seriously.
The staff told police that they overheard part of the conversation between the employees, and the man on the phone with his daughter. The man told police that the two had a verbal altercation about shift rotations but denied making threats or calling anyone who wasn’t a hospital supervisor. A witness who saw the interaction told police there was a verbal altercation, but that the man didn’t threaten her or make any threatening phone calls. The witness said that, after the employees were separated, the woman kept trying to further the altercation. Based on interviews, police decided not to issue any citations, but informed hospital administration of the situation.
Police responded to the Dunkin’ Donuts at 7200 Circle Ave. on Aug. 5 to remove an unwanted man who was threatening employees. When police responded, they told the man, who was at the CTA Green Line, that he was trespassed from Dunkin’. Police returned to the Dunkin’, where an employee told them to arrest the man, who came up to the counter and threatened to hit her, then tried to. At the time of the report, police were trying to get surveillance footage to confirm the assault.
Chronic nuisance property
On Aug. 5, a police report was drawn up to warn the resident who lives at 924 Troost Ave. that his property was being considered a nuisance. According to the report, police emailed the resident on June 30 stating that his property could be deemed a chronic nuisance property if he was cited for further incidents. They reported loud music at the property three times in June, plus six complaints since July 27 for a party, noise, a barking dog and a neighbor dispute. According to the police report, the department will continue monitoring the address and cite its resident when and if appropriate.
Burglary from car
Police were called to the 900 block of Lathrop Avenue. Just after midnight, a woman called to say she parked on the block around 11 p.m. the evening before and, an hour later, returned to find the passenger window shattered. She reported that a Walmart bag was stolen with nearly $60 worth of items. The woman said she’d sign complaints if the offender was located.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Aug. 4 through Aug. 7 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.
