Police responded to Walmart on Des Plaines Avenue on April 26 after the store manager flagged them down to report a man wearing a clown outfit threatening to “shoot up” the store. An employee told police that three customers approached him about the man’s threats, and the store manager wanted to sign complaints against the man for disorderly conduct. Police reported the man was wearing face paint, acting erratically and making nonsensical statements. The man gave two names and dates of births to police, who charged him with obstructing identification and disorderly conduct. Police requested a mental health evaluation for the man, who was taken to Loyola University Medical Center for further mental evaluation.
Possession of controlled substances
As police conducted a routine premise check at the end of the CTA Blue Line on Des Plaines on April 25, they saw a man standing in a train car alcove holding a glass pipe commonly used to ingest narcotics. Police detained the man, who said he is currently homeless and found a bag of heroin, which police recovered. He said he usually buys heroin on the West Side of Chicago and has been addicted to the drug for a decade. Police charged the man with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia. He was released from the police department under non-discretionary pre-trial release conditions and has a scheduled court date next month.
Police responded to the 300 block of Des Plaines on April 23 around 9 p.m. after a caller reported that a woman smoking crack in a parking lot offered up some. Police found a woman matching the description, who had a glass pipe in her pocket and refused to comply with police commands. She was placed in custody, where police found suspect crack cocaine in her pocket. The woman gave police a fake name and birthday, but a fingerprint check showed she had two warrants for her arrest out of Cook County. She was charged with both warrants, possession of controlled substance and three counts of resisting or obstructing an officer.
On April 22, police were doing a premise check at the end of the CTA Blue Line and saw a woman in the alcove at the end of a train car, surrounded by baggies that appeared to contain narcotics. Police found suspect heroin inside the bags and reported that the woman was argumentative and irate when they questioned her. Police said she repeatedly tried to get up from the train seat, then pulled out a small kitchen knife. She was taken into custody and charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, plus three counts of resisting or obstructing an officer.
Ordinance violation
While on patrol just after 9 p.m. on April 24, police heard loud music from Rhythm and Blues Cafe on Madison Street from several blocks away. Police saw a man DJing with headphones on, though the business doesn’t have an entertainment license. Police spoke with the business owner, who said there was no DJ and music was being played from an iPad or jukebox. He was cited with a local ordinance violation.
Aggravated flee
Just after 5 a.m. on April 23, River Forest police reported a burglary in progress at Betty’s on Harlem in Elmwood Park, and that offenders fled in two vehicles. Forest Park police parked at the bottom of the I-290 ramp from Harlem, where one of the getaway cars rammed into a vehicle behind the police car on the ramp. The offending car then drove into the side of the squad car, then drove away. Police pursued the car, which nearly caused multiple accidents and reached 117 miles per hour in a 55 mile-per-hour zone. Forest Park police discontinued pursuit, and Illinois State Police arrived on scene to help.
Aggravated assault
Police responded to the CTA Forest Park Blue Line station just before 9 p.m. on April 20 after a report that a man was threatening security with a knife. Police detained the offender and found the blade part of a pruning shear in his pocket. The caller said she asked the man to exit the train at the end of the line, but he refused and pulled out a knife. He was charged with aggravated assault and taken to the police department, where he was released under non-discretionary pre-trial release conditions and given a court date next month.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated April 20 through April 26 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.