On June 7, two people arrived at their home on Marengo Avenue around 2 a.m. to find their garage door and gate to the yard open. They reported they told police they closed them before leaving. When they went to the backyard, a young man was standing there before he fled into the alleyway and got on a bike, according to a police report. The couple said nothing was missing from the garage or yard. Officers located the young man in the 1500 block of Circle Avenue. The victims positively identified the man, who is a juvenile. According to the police report, a juvenile intake officer said the offender could be detained and transported to the Juvenile Detention Center. He was not identified and it is not clear whether he was detained.
Battery
Police were dispatched June 9 for reports of a battery at Dunkin’ Donuts. An employee told police that the man came in asking for free water. When the employee told him it would cost $1.10, the man became angry, started bothering customers, then stole a bottle of water, according to the police report. When the employee followed the man, and attempted to grab the water from him, the man punched him in the face. The man fled the scene, and the victim was taken to the hospital, though he didn’t sustain any serious injuries.
Stabbings
Police were dispatched to the Forest Park Blue Line station June 10 to address reports of a stabbing. A CTA employee identified the offender to police, who searched him and found a bloody knife, according to police. When officers questioned the man, he told them he stabbed another man after he hit him in the face with a bike lock. The stabbing victim had fled the scene and the offender had a laceration on his face, according to the police report. No one was arrested.
Also, at the CTA Forest Park Blue Line stop June 10, police responded to a woman with a gash on her arm. The woman told police that she was stabbed by another woman, who she said had a relationship with her man. According to the police report, the woman was uncooperative and refused police assistance. But she requested an ambulance and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center, where she refused to sign complaints against the offender. When police located the offender, she told them that her and the woman had previous arguments. On June 10, the woman started punching her and pushed her to the ground, so she took out her pocketknife in self-defense, according to officials. The offender was taken to RUSH Oak Park Hospital for her injuries, where she signed complaint refusal forms.
Theft
While riding the CTA Blue Line toward Forest Park June 11, a man was approached by another man who asked for $20, according to the police report. The man gave him the money and kept giving him funds totaling $200 throughout the train ride. When the train got to Forest Park, the man grabbed his wallet with an estimated $1,000 in it, and his phone, and got off the train, officials said. The man told police that he would sign complaints if the offender was located.
Criminal sexual abuse
On June 12, a woman was riding the CTA Blue Line when a man sitting behind her reached under her seat and put his hand down her pants, according to a police report. She yelled at the man and got off the train. The woman was taken to RUSH Oak Park Hospital for evaluation. The offender hasn’t been located.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated June 7 through June 12 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.