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…