Local Police Reports

Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for June 29, 2014


Park Forest Police Station
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski)

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media.

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A man delivering a pizza was robbed at gunpoint in the 300 block of Waverly Street on June 17. According to police, the three offenders wore bandannas over their faces.

A king size comforter bed set valued at $99, a black and silver Montel Williams blender valued at $150, two gold sofa covers valued at $59.99, and a blue and white bath towel set valued at $39.99 were reported stolen from outside a residence in the 200 block of Lakewood Boulevard on June 19. The items had been ordered online and delivered to the residence, according to the manufacturer.

A glass door of a residence in the 100 block of East Sycamore Drive was reported shattered, possibly kicked in, on June 22.

Police responded to investigate a report of criminal sexual abuse in the 300 block of Gettysburg Street on June 22. According to police, the victim was walking her dog when she saw a male subject walking towards her. The woman turned and walked the other way toward her residence. The man ran up to her and said, "Can I have a hug?" The man then allegedly approached the woman from behind, wrapped his arms around her chest and hugged her. The woman pushed the subject away and told him to get away from her. The subject approached her from behind, wrapped his arms around her chest, hugged her, and began to kiss her cheek and neck, according to police. Police say the subject also placed his hands on the woman’s breasts. He told her, "Don’t fight it, I have a gun." At this point, the woman began screaming and pushed the subject away. The subject fled the area eastbound on Antietam Street toward Indiana Street. The subject is described as having medium skin tone, long sideburns, crooked teeth with spaces between the teeth, a Navy blue ball cap with white lettering, wearing a red long sleeve shirt with white lettering on the front and back, blue sweatpants with a white stripe on the side of the legs, and white and black Adidas shoes.

A juvenile was arrested on June 23 and processed on charges of unlawful use of a weapon, resisting arrest, and a curfew violation when police were dispatched to the first block of Ash Street to investigate a group of suspicious people. Police say the juvenile was carrying a 15-inch hunting knife which he claimed he found and picked up for his own protection. The juvenile was not from Park Forest.

Timothy D. Sanders, 22, 111 Hemlock St., Park Forest, was arrested on June 23 and charged with aggravated assault and domestic battery when police responded to the 100 block of Hemlock Street to investigate a report of a domestic dispute.

A Samsung S4 cell phone was reported stolen from a purse in the basement of a church in the first block of North Orchard Drive on June 23.

Xavier H. Medina, 31, 81A Hemlock St., Park Forest, was arrested on June 24 and charged with retail theft when police were advised that a subject had just committed a retail theft at a store in the first block of Main Street.

Police say a woman walking in the southbound in the 300 block of Indianwood Boulevard on June 24 was approached by a male driver of a vehicle who asked her if she needed a ride. The driver was in the northbound lane. She stated that she did not need a ride, and the driver stated, "Why don’t you smile?" The driver then completed a U-turn on Indianwood Boulevard. The woman ran away down a side street and the driver sped away, according to police.

A window at Forest Trail Middle School was discovered shattered on June 25.


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