Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– An officer was assigned to investigate a report of a deceptive practice incident on July 20 when a woman arrived at the Park Forest Police Department with a complaint about an alleged scam. According to police, the resident discovered a job posted on Craigs List for a[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– A Pace Bus driver told police he was threatened with a gun when some teenage passengers came up short on fare. On July 17, an officer was stopped at a red light on Lakewood Boulevard at Forest Boulevard and flagged down by a Pace Bus driver, who[Read More…]

Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Robert D. Grant, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is asking for the public’s help in locating a former Aurora man who is wanted for the January 1998 murder of a fellow Aurora resident. LEOBOLDO J. MENDOZA, age 31, whose last[Read More…]

Emigdio Preciado Jr., one of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, has been apprehended. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Emigdio Preciado, Jr., a career criminal and member of a violent California street gang who was on our Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for a brutal attack on police officers nine[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Police say a Park Forest teenager told them he panicked when he saw flashing lights and heard sirens behind him after he allegedly took the family car without permission just after midnight last Friday. The chase ended when the car he was driving struck a tree. On[Read More…]

< source: chicagobreakingnews.com Updated July 18, 2009 at 10:01 p.m. Related: Park Forest Police Ask Shooting Suspect to Turn Self In Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Two women were shot during a reported home invasion Saturday in Park Forest. Police are seeking the alleged offender. According to a press release from the[Read More…]

The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo:Wendy Heise) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local[Read More…]