Police were dispatched to Aldi on Harlem Avenue the afternoon of Nov. 3 addressing a report that a man there was hitting someone with nunchucks. Police identified a subject matching the offender’s description and asked if he was in possession of nunchucks, which he handed over. He told police that a man was threatening him and his friends, so he pulled out nunchucks, but the man in question came up to officers to complain about the offender before becoming uncooperative and leaving. The man who had the nunchucks had a serviceable warrant out of Kendall County, for which he was arrested. 

DUI  

On Nov. 1, police were dispatched to the intersection of Roosevelt and Des Plaines to a disturbance around 2:30 a.m. In the 1000 block of Des Plaines Ave., police saw six women arguing and physically fighting. Police separated those involved, who told police they were arguing in a car after attending a Halloween party. Police reported that the woman who was driving the car said she was trying to de-escalate the situation but continued yelling at the women. Police asked her to remove herself from the scene, so she got in her car and drove off quickly, nearly hitting a semi-truck and running a light at Roosevelt and Des Plaines, where another car hit her vehicle. Police responded to the crash and reported that the woman smelled of alcohol. She was taken to the police department and charged with a DUI, having a BAC over 0.08, operating an uninsured car, failure to reduce speed, reckless driving and a traffic signal violation.  

Warrant  

Police were on patrol Nov. 2 at the CTA Blue Line station when they saw a man they recognized from a previous arrest, who one officer believed he had an active warrant for. Police confirmed the warrant out of Cook County and saw the man on a Pace bus that drove off. Police pulled the bus over, got on and placed the man in custody. He was charged with his warrant. 

Car thefts 

On Nov. 3, a woman reported that the afternoon prior she parked her car on Des Plaines Avenue. When she returned to the spot after 1 a.m., her car was missing and she found items from her car on the ground. Police didn’t see any broken glass, but the license plate was last scanned on Roosevelt and 1st Ave. after midnight and on I-290 at Maplewood after 1 a.m. 

Around 2 a.m. on Nov. 3, police were dispatched to a suspicious vehicle at 7542 Adams St. Police reported that the car was unoccupied but parked and running with a window smashed and the steering column and ignition stripped. Police reported the car to its owner, who said the vehicle had been sitting behind his Dunlop Avenue residence for days after being involved in an accident. He retrieved his car and said he’d sign complaints if an offender was located. 

Around 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 3, police saw a car at 950 Des Plaines Ave. that was unoccupied and parked with the side marker lights on. Police reported that a window was shattered and the steering column was damaged, though it seemed the offender was unsuccessful in starting the vehicle. Police contacted the vehicle owner, a Berwyn resident. 

A woman reported Nov. 5 that her car was stolen overnight from a parking lot behind her Lathrop Avenue residence. She said her car was locked and that she had a locking device on her steering wheel, according to the police report. The vehicle was later found abandoned in an alley and the owner was contacted. 

Landlord-tenant dispute 

On Nov. 5, police responded to Rhythm and Blues Café on Madison Street. The bar owner and liquor license holder for the address — which is Marty Sorice, according to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, owner of several other bars in town and lessor to Rhythm and Blues Cafe — said he posted a sign that told employees not to open the space because of a leak that had damaged it, but they did anyway. According to the police report, Sorice said the leak occurred the previous evening and showed a video of a leak in the hallway where water was coming through the ceiling and light fixtures, though it wasn’t timestamped. The woman who leases the cafe space from Sorice arrived and told police she didn’t think the leak occurred when he said it did and that she’d had a contractor in to declare the cafe safe. The woman said there have been ongoing disagreements about rent. 

The Forest Park Fire Department inspected the area and reported water damage but said it wasn’t recent. They recommended shutting down electricity to the hallway where the leak was isolated, and it was. According to the police report, Sorice told police that he wanted to pull the liquor license from Rhythm and Blues Cafe and that, if police could resolve the current issue in his favor, he would provide access to cameras at Pioneer Tap, another Forest Park bar he owns. Police told him the suggestion was inappropriate, according to the report. No one was charged. 

These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Oct. 31 through Nov. 9 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.