Oak Park police are investigating after a woman was mugged while walking on Oak Park Avenue over the weekend.
The woman was reportedly attacked by a man wearing a hood and black clothing while she walked in the 1000 block of South Oak Park Avenue shortly after 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23. The man tackled her from behind and kicked her in the leg before demanding the woman’s purse, according to police.
The man fled the area on foot after taking the woman’s purse. The woman’s cellphone had been inside the purse but was recovered on Harvard Street at the mouth of the Ridgeland/Cuyler alley, according to police…