While on patrol May 28, police received a tip that a gold minivan was going to sell heroin in Forest Park. According to the police report, officers received five similar tips through the online tip hotline in May from someone related to those involved in the narcotics activities. Police pulled over the van in the 1200 block of Circle Avenue. They smelled cannabis coming from the car, saw some in the console and asked the driver and passenger to get out of the car. The passenger couldn’t give police an explanation about where they were going, other than to visit the driver’s “people.” Upon questioning the driver, police saw suspected additional narcotics in his pants and asked him to put them on the hood of the car. The man attempted to run, but police caught him and brought him to the ground, where he attempted to crawl away. Police found suspected heroin and crack cocaine on him and found crack cocaine on the car’s passenger. Both the driver and passenger were charged with two counts of delivering a controlled substance and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. The driver was also charged with aggravated battery of a police officer – two officers sustained pain, bruising and cuts to their arms and legs – possession of cannabis and having tinted windows that are too dark.
Burglary
Police were dispatched to the intersection of Beloit and Harvard on May 27 for a suspicious vehicle. The caller told police that a Jeep Cherokee with Indiana plates was circling the block, stopped next to a work van and tried to open its doors. The caller was unsure if they took anything from the van, and Oak Park police told Forest Park police that the car was involved in alleged auto burglaries in Oak Park. Shortly thereafter, Forest Park police were dispatched to the 800 block of Beloit Avenue, where a landscaping employee told police he left his car windows down and that his lunch, wallet, cellphone, keys and $6,600 of cash were missing. The offenders hadn’t been located at the time the police report was made…