On Aug. 31, police responded to Dunkin’ Donuts, where a man was standing near the entrance and setting a piece of clothing on fire. Police told the man several times to extinguish the fire, but he approached them yelling with the burning clothing item. The man finally put down the fire and sat down. Police handcuffed him and carried him to the police car, since he refused to walk, according to the report. He was arrested for reckless conduct, aggravated assault and three counts of resisting an officer.
On the same day, police responded to the corner of Des Plaines and Madison for a car accident. A man was throwing shoes into the middle of the street, causing cars to swerve. He approached one woman’s car, threw his shoes at her window, then spit on the window and hit it with his hands, according to the police report. The woman changed lanes to get away from the man and hit another car. Police found the man in the 7400 block of Madison Street, where they handcuffed him and took him to the police department. He was charged with assault, resisting a police officer and reckless conduct.
Assault
On Sept. 1, police were dispatched to Walmart because two customers were fighting by the fitting rooms, according to the police report. One customer was talking to himself and screaming, police reported. When police tried to put him in handcuffs, he pulled away, so they forced him to the ground, handcuffed him and removed a pocket knife from his hip. The man requested an ambulance, and he was taken to Loyola University Medical Center for treatment and a mental health evaluation. Customers did not wish to sign complaints against the man, who was not charged, according to the police report.
In-state warrant
On Aug. 30, police were at the Forest Park CTA Blue Line stop for a routine premise check when a CTA employee told police there was someone at the station with a knife. A woman told police that CTA personnel asked a disruptive man to leave a train car and, when he became hostile with the employee, she defended the employee. The man then hit her in the head and waved a knife at her. Police discovered that the man had a serviceable warrant out of Cook County for failing to appear for a battery charge. He was taken to the police department, where officers found cannabis in his bag. He was charged for his in-state warrant and possession of cannabis under 30 grams.
Motor vehicle theft
On Aug. 29, a man reported that he parked his truck in the 7700 block of Roosevelt Road the night before. But when he returned in the morning, the truck was gone. Police said they received no reports of a towed truck from the area. Police told the man he should contact the towing company for the private lot, though he yielded negative results when he did. Police have recorded the vehicle as stolen.
Landlord-tenant dispute
On Aug. 28, a woman living in the 300 block of Marengo Avenue reported that, the previous day, her landlord entered her apartment without her consent. She wasn’t home when the landlord went into her apartment and said there was no emergency incident that would require him to enter her home. She has video footage of the landlord entering her apartment and has said he has tried to, or successfully, entered her apartment when she’s not home on two other occasions. No one has been charged.
Armed robbery
Police responded to the 7200 block of 13th Street. A man was talking on the phone on the street around 10 p.m. when four men approached him with guns and demanded his phone, wallet and backpack. The suspects fled down the 1200 block of the Harlem-Elgin alley and have not been identified.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated August 27 through September 1 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.