A winter past at the Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski)
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Police arrested 10 individuals, seven of them juveniles, following an after-school brawl outside Rich East High School on December 9.
Latonya D. Wilder, 42, 22440 Hamilton Dr., Richton Park, was arrested on December 9 and charged with battery, disorderly conduct, driving while license was suspended, and operation of an uninsured motor vehicle after an officer on patrol across the street from Rich East High School observed subjects fighting with students in the street near the intersection of Westwood Drive and Rich Road after school was dismissed. According to police, the officer observed several subjects walking towards the school at approximately 2:55 PM. Police say the officer considered the location of the subjects suspicious as the officer had knowledge that some of the subjects were students at Rich East High School and should have been attending school. The officer was also aware that some in the group were not students at the school, according to police. Erin C. Knox, 18, 334 Winnebago St., Park Forest, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Jermaine R. Winston, 18, 202 Morgan St., Chicago Heights, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. In addition to the three adults charged, seven juveniles were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Two of these juveniles were additionally charged with resisting a peace officer and mob action, according to police.
Police say a resident told them on December 13 that someone had used her social security number, name, and date of birth to get a loan in the amount of $949 from Check ‘n Go online. Police are investigating.
Reginald T. Duncan, 53, 177 E. Sycamore Dr., Apt. 511, Park Forest, was arrested on December 14 and charged with domestic battery when police were dispatched to the 100 block of East Sycamore Drive to investigate a report of a domestic disturbance.
A juvenile at Rich East High School was arrested on December 16 and charged with theft following a class field trip to Orland Square Mall on December 13. According to police, the juvenile borrowed a pair of headphones from another student and never returned them.
Linda M. Strange, 56, 23 Forest Blvd., Park Forest, was arrested on December 16 and charged with domestic battery when police responded to a residence in the first block of Forest Boulevard to investigate a report of domestic battery. According to police, when they arrived, officers observed a man through the kitchen window standing above the sink bleeding profusely. Police say the victim told them that he had a verbal argument with Strange about ice cream. Police say he advised them that he had purchased the ice cream but was eating it out of a bowl belonging to Strange. According to police, Strange allegedly struck the man in the head with a lamp, causing a laceration to the right side of his forehead.
Elliott D. Boston, 22, 6505 Hummingbird Ln., Matteson, was arrested on December 17 and issued to municipal citations charging possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia when an officer traveling westbound on Sauk Trail observed that the vehicle Boston was driving on Sauk Trail was traveling at 45 mph, exceeding the posted speed limit of 35 mph, according to police. Police seized the vehicle Boston was driving under local ordinance, according to police.
Police were dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of Nauvoo Street on December 18 to investigate a report of a residential burglary. A Samsung television valued at $1500, a second Samsung television valued at $800, and a Dell computer were reported stolen.
Police responded to the first block of Michael Road on December 18 to investigate a report of a white vehicle ramming a black vehicle several times. Police say the driver of the white vehicle was the wife of the driver of the black vehicle. After the black vehicle was rammed several times, the husband got into his wife’s vehicle and the two went home, according to police. Police located the couple with the help of a resident on Michael Wrote. Police told the couple that no crash report would be completed since the collision was intentional and the husband refused to sign criminal complaints. There were no arrests.
A purse was reported stolen from a residence in the 100 block of Indianwood Boulevard on December 18.
Police responded to a residence in the 400 block of Huron Street on December 18 to investigate a report of criminal damage to property. Upon arrival, police learned that a resident had reported to employees of the Village of Park Forest Department of Public Works that water was coming from a residence nearby. Police discovered that copper piping was taken from the storage room closet on the North side of the residence. When the piping was removed, water began to flow from the main water line into the residence. Police were advised that the "Buffalo" box which shuts off the water to the residence was also taken.
A Dell laptop computer was reported stolen during a residential burglary at a residence in the 100 block of Shabbona Drive on December 18. Police say a resident returned home and discovered that the front door had been kicked in.
A cell phone which had been left on the counter of a business in the 300 block of Sauk Trail was reported stolen on December 19. Police say the owner of the cell phone was in a rush and realized that he had left his cell phone on the front counter of the business. When he returned 10 min. after leaving the store, he discovered that his phone was no longer on the counter.
