Police were dispatched to Mugsy’s Tavern on Madison Street around 11:30 p.m. on May 8 for disorderly conduct. Upon arrival, the caller told police that she was inside the bar when someone said that a resident on the third floor of the building threw eggs down on the woman’s car. The woman said she didn’t know the person who threw the eggs. Police tried to make contact with the offender but were met with negative results, so they mailed the offender a local ordinance citation for disorderly conduct.
Aggravated fleeing
While on patrol May 13 at 8:30 a.m., police pulled over a man in the 8000 block of Madison after they saw him driving with his phone in his hand. According to the police, the driver was hostile and didn’t want to provide identification or proof of insurance. After refusing to show documentation, the driver sped off on Madison. Police followed the man, who hit a car, then a light pole at Madison and Des Plaines, then got out and ran. Police formed a perimeter around the 400 block of Beloit and Ferdinand, where a local said she saw him under the front porch of a Beloit residence. The man tried to flee from the porch, and police tased him and put him in custody. At the police station, the man said he had a suspended license and was scared. He was charged for having a suspended license, unlawful use of a cell phone, not wearing a seat belt, violating Illinois Vehicle Code, failure to reduce speed, improper lane usage and aggravated fleeing. He was also charged with criminal damage to government property, since he broke the street cameras at the intersection of the accident, causing an estimated $850 in property damage.
Suspicious circumstances
Police were dispatched to Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy at Roosevelt and Des Plaines around 10 a.m. on May 13 for someone who tried to enter the school but wasn’t a student. Students must show a school ID and pass through a metal detector, but the young man couldn’t provide his ID and didn’t go through the metal detectors. Instead, he got in a car and left. Police found the car in the building’s parking lot, and the driver said a friend he met on social media invited him to the school and he didn’t know he’d get in trouble. He was trespassed from the property.
Warrant
Around 5 p.m. on May 13, police were dispatched to the 900 block of Elgin after a man said he saw two men trying to break into his house through a window. The suspects walked away when the homeowner confronted them. The caller followed the suspects down Harlem and Roosevelt, where he pointed one out to police. Police handcuffed the man but were unable to locate the other suspect. Though the homeowner didn’t want to sign complaints against the detained man, police found him to have a warrant for his arrest out of Cook County. He was processed at the Forest Park Police Department for the warrant and transported for a bond hearing.
Possession of controlled substances
While patrolling the CTA Forest Park Blue Line station May 10, police saw a man in the alcove of a train car, where they commonly find people ingesting narcotics. Police approached the man and saw several small colored plastic vials, commonly used to store narcotics. Police detained the man, who pulled away and tried to run down the train platform. Police caught the man, who they said voluntarily hit his head multiple times on the pavement before he started shaking and appeared to become unconscious. Police transferred him to an ambulance. They recovered a glass pipe and eight credit cards with different names on them, and later, found another pipe and suspect heroin. The man provided a fake name three times before giving his real name, which had four serviceable warrants for his arrest. He was charged with his warrants, obstructing identification, resisting an officer, possessing drug paraphernalia and controlled substance.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated May 8 through May 14 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.