Police were dispatched to Walmart late on Feb. 22 after a woman called police and said she got a call from an unknown man who told her he put a bomb in the Forest Park Walmart before hanging up. Police evacuated the store around 10:30 p.m., contacted the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department and requested the K-9 team sweep the store. Police found nothing in the store and were unable to reach the caller.
Fights and disturbances
Around 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 19, police were dispatched to the Roos Recreation Center for a fight. When police arrived, a large crowd of young people outside dispersed. Witnesses said two young men exchanged a few punches before another separated them. No one was charged.
Burglary from motor vehicle
Police were dispatched to the 900 block of Circle Avenue the morning of Feb. 20 for two men tampering with cars. A witness told police she saw the men through her Ring camera pulling on the car handle of her daughter’s vehicle and that she wished to sign complaints. While canvassing the area, a woman waved police down to say her car had been ransacked and that two rolls of quarters were missing from the center console. Police found and detained the two men at Marengo and Lexington, who each had a roll of quarters on them. They were both charged with burglary from a motor vehicle, and one was also charged with criminal trespass to a vehicle.
Criminal damage to property
Police were dispatched to Forest Printing Co. on Madison St. in the early hours of Feb. 21 after someone passing by the business called to report a shattered window. Police didn’t see any possible offenders in the area or inside the business. The business owner said he’d check cameras but reported that nothing seemed to be missing and said he did not wish to sign complaints.
Possession of controlled substance
A McDonald’s employee waved police down the afternoon of Feb. 21 because someone was causing a disturbance inside the Madison Street business. A man said he was sitting in McDonald’s when another man walked up and took a ring off his finger before leaving. Police located the man and returned the ring to the victim, who said he didn’t want to sign complaints, but was found to have a warrant for violating his parole. He was charged with the warrant. The man who stole the ring had PCP on him and was charged with possession of a controlled substance.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Feb. 16 through Feb. 23 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.
