Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- On Friday, Park Forest Police recruits Jim Johnson and Jennifer Keith officially became Officer Jim Johnson and Officer Jennifer Keith after graduating from the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy (SLEA), the PFPD announced on one of its social media platforms. Officer Johnson served in the United States Marine[Read More…]

Police Blotter Reports Thru June 4, 2018 Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: These Park Forest Police blotter reports cover May 30 through June 4, 2018. Here we learn of a “Good Samaritan” who tackled a domestic battery suspect. (The proper dates for this span of reports in the previous sentence were[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Park Forest teenager who was wanted in connection with a shooting in Will County was arrested in May in a routine traffic stop at the intersection of Westwood Drive and Wildwood Drive. He has been charged with attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.[Read More…]

Appliances stolen, camera accessories taken, lawn equipment bagged Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police are asking the public to be vigilant after a spout of recent home burglaries targeted vacant homes. The department alerted the public to the home forays where appliances were lifted. “Over the past couple weeks, several[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: These Park Forest Police blotter reports cover May 26 through May 29, 2018. These reports include charges of driving while license was suspended, domestic battery, possession of ammunition without a valid FOID, and a stolen vehicle that was recovered. We are working to provide more details[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: These Park Forest Police blotter reports cover May 20 through May 25, 2018. These reports include charges of battery, domestic battery, retail theft, and and “actual physical control of a motor vehicle while license was suspended.” We are working to provide more details in reports now that[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Ford Heights woman was charged with battery after police responded to a report of a fight between two women in a parking lot on May 22. Claudia C.M. Johnson, 24, of Ford Heights, was arrested on May 22 and charged with one count of battery.  Police[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- There were two burglaries in the 300 block of Winnebago Street in May, both reported just days apart. The first was a delayed report of a residential burglary on Wednesday, May 23. The owner of a property was rehabbing the home for sale. He had previously visited[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- It was a night of two crashes. The first, a head-on collision, the second took out the TimStrong squad car that responded to cover the accident. Saturday night after 9 p.m., Park Forest officers were on 26th Street conducting an investigation of a traffic crash with injuries.[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Editor’s Note: These Park Forest Police blotter reports cover May 15 through May 21, 2018. During this reporting week, charges included a DUI, a felony unlawful use of a weapon (UUW) by a felon, and a few instances of people driving without insurance.  This report brings us current[Read More…]