On Dec. 25, a man called the police and asked them to do a welfare check on his friend, who stays in an apartment on Jackson Boulevard. The caller said he was at the residence earlier that day and saw a gun and a lot of narcotics, which he believed a man staying with his friend was selling out of the apartment. According to the police report, officers were familiar with the man suspected of selling narcotics, since he was involved in one of their ongoing investigations, and knew there was a warrant out for his arrest.
Police went to the apartment, where they knocked and announced their presence several times, while hearing commotion inside, before the suspect answered. Police said he didn’t fully open the door and became argumentative, so they pushed open the door to take him into custody. Police couldn’t find the caller’s friend at the residence. Later, the friend allowed police to search his residence and trespassed the man who was staying there. The offender later told police that he had made recent narcotic transactions for crack cocaine and was charged with possession of controlled substance, manufacturing or delivering controlled substance, and his in-state warrant.
DUI
After midnight on Dec. 20, police responded to a crash at 7600 Roosevelt Rd. One of the drivers had a hard time explaining to police how the accident occurred and struggled to produce her driver’s license, according to the police report. Police also said the woman smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and showed signs of inebriation during field sobriety tests. The woman was taken to the police station and charged with a DUI, having a BAC over 0.08, operating an uninsured car, and driving with suspended registration.
Disorderly conduct
Around 12:30 a.m. on Dec. 24, police were dispatched to the McDonald’s on Des Plaines Avenue to address a man who was pacing and concealing an unknown object, threatening to shoot employees when they left the business. Police found a man matching the description on Madison Street who appeared intoxicated. Police detained him and patted him down, revealing he had no weapons on him. An employee accurately identified the offender and said another customer overheard him threatening her life, but police were unable to make contact with the witness. The offender was trespassed from McDonald’s and released on the scene.
Possession controlled substance
Around 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 25, police were dispatched to a reckless driver on Harlem Avenue. They found the car at Exxon and reported that the man in the back seat had drug paraphernalia and that the driver appeared nervous and had open wounds correlated to heroin use. The two were asked to get out of the car, and a crack pipe fell on the ground, according to police. Police also found suspect crack cocaine in a Ziploc bag on the driver’s seat and suspect heroin and crack on the driver. The passenger wasn’t in possession of any substances and was released on the scene. At the police department, the driver admitted to buying the heroin and crack cocaine found on him. He was charged with two counts of possessing controlled substances and one count of possessing drug paraphernalia.
Burglary from motor vehicle
On Dec. 26, a man told police that he parked his car in front of a Marengo Avenue residence two days earlier. But when he went to work the day after Christmas, one of his windows was shattered. The man reported that about $4,000 worth of power tools were stolen from the vehicle. He said he’d sign complaints if the offender was located.
On Jan. 1, a Hannah Avenue resident reported to police that he parked his car in his driveway around 2:30 a.m. and left it unlocked. On his ring camera, he saw someone walking away from his driveway, and a tablet and phone were missing from the car. On the Ring camera, police saw the offender unsuccessfully checking to see if two other cars were unlocked in the 600 alleyway of Thomas Avenue. The man said he’d sign complaints if the offender was located.
Aggravated battery
Police were called on Jan. 3 to remove people from Circle Lanes. When they arrived, the offenders had already left, but a woman in a nearby parked car yelled expletives at the cops and gave them the middle finger. When the car drove away, police checked its registration, found it was expired and pulled the car over. The woman who previously yelled at the police continued to do so, while the driver told her repeatedly to calm down. While police were writing a ticket for the driver’s expired registration, the woman got out of the car and tried to walk away. An officer grabbed her arm, and the woman slapped his face. Another officer tried to detain the woman for battery, but she tensed her body and resisted. After police got her in custody, she was taken to the police station, where she gave officers the wrong name and date of birth. She was charged with obstructing identification, four counts of resisting an officer, and aggravated battery of an officer.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Dec. 20 through Jan. 4 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.