Police responded to the CTA Blue Line Forest Park station the morning of Oct. 30 for a report of a man waving a knife. He was also banging on windows and threatened to kill someone, according to the police report. Police saw the man yelling at people and, when they approached the man, he pulled out a knife. Police told him to drop it, which he did. Police then detained him. He was charged with aggravated assault and two warrants, one for retail theft and another for aggravated assault on a transit employee.
Domestic trouble
On Oct. 24, police responded to a Roosevelt Road address after a man called around 3 a.m. to ask police to escort him up to his apartment, since his roommate’s stepson had several people living with him for the last three months. Police reported the man was upset and appeared intoxicated, later walking away from police. About 20 minutes later, police returned to the residence for a disturbance. According to the police report, the apartment had an odor and there was trash on the floor. Police reported that there were over a dozen people in the kitchen and three juveniles sleeping in a bedroom. Their parents were instructed to take them somewhere else for the night after their names came back clear. One man was arrested for an active warrant out of DuPage County, and police made a DCFS report for the involvement of the children…