Local Police Reports, Park Forest

Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for February 19, 2016


Park Forest Police Department door
The Park Forest Police Department. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski)

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 media.

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All four tires of a vehicle parked in the first block of Ash Street were reported slashed on February 9.

A window of a door in the 200 block of Ash Street was reported shattered on February 9.

An officer discovered graffiti spray-painted on a green electrical box in the 200 block of Allegheny Street on February 13. Police believe the phrase that was spray-painted, “Wilt World 8:19,” is possibly connected to Deshaun Harris who was murdered in that block on August 19, 2015. “Wilt World” is a nickname associated with Harris, according to police.

An officer discovered graffiti spray-painted on a light pole in the 200 block of Allegheny Street on February 13.

William C. Brown, 29, 18245 S. Cicero Ave., Country Club Hills, was arrested on February 13 and charged with felony aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after Olympia Fields Police notified SouthCom Dispatch of a disturbance at the intersection of Western Avenue and Route 30 in Olympia Fields. Olympia Fields officers advised that a vehicle had fled the scene southbound on Western Avenue. Olympia Fields officers also related that the alleged offender from that vehicle pointed a gun at the victim during the disturbance and a request was made for Park Forest officers to assist checking for the vehicle. Police conducted a felony stop on the vehicle at Western Avenue and Algonquin Street. A passenger in the vehicle, Tatiana A. McDonald, 24, 1114 Claude Ct., Chicago Heights, was also arrested and charged with misdemeanor unlawful possession of firearm ammunition, according to police.

Abimael Garcia-Sosa, 36, 3038 Jackson Ave., Chicago Heights, was arrested on February 14 and charged with physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol when police were dispatched to the 400 block of Shabbona Drive in reference to a report of a suspicious vehicle. Upon arrival, police discovered a vehicle parked with the two rear tires on the front lawn of a residence and the front two tires on the Parkway in front of that residence. The vehicle was running with headlights on. Police observed that the van was occupied by one male, who was sitting in the driver’s seat. According to police, the driver, later identified as Garcia-Sosa, looked toward the officer’s patrol vehicle with a blank stare on his face and did not move or appear to react in any way. Garcia-Sosa was also issued parking citations charging parking on an unimproved surface and blocking the sidewalk. The vehicle in which he had been sitting was impounded.

A rear door of a residence in the 300 block of Winnebago Street was discovered to have been kicked in on February 15. Officers could smell the strong odor of freshly burnt cannabis emanating from inside the residence but, after announcing their presence several times, they entered the residence and found no one inside. The interior of the residence appeared to be undamaged, according to police.

Skyler Willis, 18, 462 Tomahawk St., Park Forest, was arrested on February 16 and issued a municipal citation charging possession of cannabis/drug paraphernalia and also provided citations charging failure to dim headlights and improper/obstructed display of registration, after an officer traveling southbound on Western Avenue from Main Street observed that the vehicle Walker was driving northbound on Western Avenue allegedly failed to dim its illuminated high beams when passing the officer’s vehicle, according to police. The vehicle Walker was driving was towed from the scene and impounded per local ordinance, according to police. (Erratum: Mr. Willis’ name was spelled incorrectly in our initial report. We regret the error. Feb. 19, 2016.)

Lamont F. Andrews, 23, 321 Constance Lane, Chicago Heights, was arrested on February 17 and issued a municipal citation charging possession of cannabis under 30 grams, and traffic citations charging improper lane usage and failure to signal when required when an officer conducting stationary radar patrol in the 2500 block of Western Avenue observed the vehicle Andrews was driving allegedly traveling northbound on Western Avenue at a high rate of speed, weaving in and out of traffic, and failing to signal, according to police.

Andre L. Reed, 37, 6337 S. Aberdeen St., Chicago,  was arrested on February 18 and charged with one count of felony possession of a controlled substance, one misdemeanor count of driving with a suspended driver’s license, and issued additional citations charging speeding above the statutory limit and no insurance when an officer traveling eastbound on Sauk Trail observed the vehicle Reed was driving traveling at what appeared to be above the posted speed limit, according to police. The officer activated the in-car mounted radar which indicated that the vehicle was traveling 48 mph in a posted 35 mph zone, according to police.


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