Police were dispatched to the 7300 block of Roosevelt Road on June 22 for a threat report. A man working at Carole’s Next Best Thing told police that a man came into the bar, said he had a concealed carry license and threatened to kill him. Police found a man matching the description near Fillmore and Hannah with another man. They put the man in handcuffs and ordered the offender to stop walking and get on the ground numerous times before he complied and was also handcuffed. Police reported that both men appeared extremely intoxicated, and the offender had an open liquor bottle in his waistband. The offender told police that they were at Carole’s, where the bartender and patrons were jealous of him. He admitted to saying he was armed but denied threatening anyone’s life. The man was charged with assault and disorderly conduct. The man who was with him, who police said they’ve had previous interactions with where he acted aggressively, repeatedly threatened to shoot and kill officers and spat on them. He was found to have an active warrant for his arrest for aggravated battery to a police officer. He was charged with the warrant and one count of aggravated assault.
Damaged cars
Police responded to the Park District of Forest Park on June 21 after an employee reported a smashed car window. The man told police that an unknown passerby told him someone threw a rock at the car’s rear window, and police found a rock inside the car. A tire was also deflated. Police called the driver over the park district’s intercom system, who told them she didn’t know anyone who would want to cause harm to her. Her mother, who owns the car, told police she didn’t wish to sign complaints.
On June 22, a woman reported that she parked her car in the village parking lot on Ferdinand Avenue, and when she came back several hours later, noticed the window was shattered. She said the center console and screen were damaged and items were strewn about, though nothing was taken. No one had been charged at the time of the report
On June 24, a man who parked in the 1000 block of Des Plaines Avenue reported that, after returning to his car several days after parking, he noticed pry marks by the car’s driver door. He said he was unable to locate his work laptop, iPhone and iPad, plus sunglasses and cologne. He said he didn’t wish to sign complaints.
Battery
On June 21, police were dispatched to 7709 Roosevelt Rd. for a battery. Upon arrival, the victim was on Elgin Avenue. He told police that he had gotten off the Pace bus and was walking down Roosevelt Road when a man approached, punched him in the face, then ran away. He said the man was in his forties and the incident happened in front of the Kagan and Gaines music store. The victim said he’d sign complaints against the man if he was located.
Police were dispatched to Suburban Liquor, 7612 Madison St., on June 22, where a woman said a man smacked her butt. The man started walking, then running away, and police caught him on Jackson Boulevard. At the police station, the man kept screaming and hitting his head on the detention cell wall, so he was taken to Rush Oak Park Hospital for evaluation. He was charged with battery.
Domestic battery
On June 22, police responded to the parking lot behind 7200 Madison Street, where a woman was yelling and crying at a man. The man told police the woman was his daughter and an off-duty police officer, so he didn’t want to report the incident. The woman was bleeding from her nose and said she wanted to sign complaints against the man, who was put in handcuffs. The woman said the man was her on-and-off boyfriend and they got into an argument after leaving Pioneer Tap. After getting food at Submarine Tender, the two pulled into the parking lot, got out of the car, and he hit her three times. He was charged with domestic battery.
Aggravated battery
On June 28, police went to Rush Oak Park Hospital emergency room, where they spoke with a patient about being stabbed in the 7300 block of Dixon Street the evening prior. The victim told police that he and his girlfriend got into a fight after she found a piece of jewelry that wasn’t hers in his residence. He reported that his girlfriend punctured his chest with a nail file and helped him control the bleeding before going to bed. But when the man woke up around 1 a.m., the wound was still bleeding, so he went to the hospital. He said he doesn’t want to press charges.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated June 19 through June 29 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.