Members of 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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Lance D. Bullock, 21, 452 Springfield St., Park Forest, was arrested on December 28 and issued a municipal ticket charging possession of cannabis when an officer observed that the vehicle Bullock was driving eastbound on Indianwood approaching Western Avenue Boulevard was traveling at a high rate of speed, according to police.
A resident reported to police on January 10 at the Park Forest Police Department that he found two unauthorized charges on a bank account. The charges were close to $1000.
A black 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe, Illinois license plate 809R273, was reported stolen from a residence in the 200 block of Washington Street on January 11. Police have suspect information and are investigating.
Copper piping was reported stolen from an air-conditioning unit outside a residence in the 400 block of Wildwood Drive on January 12.
Beatrice L. Dykes, 49, 1436 Lowe Ave., Chicago Heights, was arrested on January 12 and charged with retail theft when police were dispatched to a business in the 100 block of South Orchard Drive to investigate a report of retail theft.
Anthony S. McDonald, 43, 3628 Western Ave., Park Forest, was arrested on January 12 and charged with retail theft when police were dispatched to a business in the 100 block of South Orchard Drive to investigate a report of retail theft.
Copper piping and the air conditioning coil of an outdoor air conditioning unit were reported stolen from outside a residence in the 400 block of Springfield Street on January 14.
Willie N. Slater, 22, 275 Arrowhead St., Park Forest, was arrested on January 14 and charged with possession/production of cannabis sativa after police received a report indicating that Slater’s fingerprints were located on the white pot of a cannabis plant that had been discovered outside a residence in the 200 block of arrowhead Street on November 6, 2014.
Jeffrey D. Jones, 22, 275 Arrowhead St., Park Forest, was arrested on January 14 and charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of cannabis when police conducted a follow-up at a residence in the 200 block of arrowhead Street in an attempt to locate Willie N. Slater regarding a different investigation (see previous report).
Terry A. Moore, 51, 250 Charles St., Chicago Heights, William A. Cheers, 42, 407 Rutledge St., Park Forest, and Samuel Moutry, 64, 529 Andover St., Chicago Heights, were arrested on January 15 and charged with trespass to real property and theft when police were dispatched to a residence in the 300 block of Farragut Street to conduct a premise exam on a vacant residence. According to the report, police were advised by dispatch that there were apparently fresh tracks in the snow along the west side of the residence in question and further advised that a pickup truck, occupied by three subjects, approached the west side of the residence, and, additionally, the three subjects were allegedly loading appliances from the vacant residence on to the pickup truck. Cheers was also charged with obstructing identification and resisting arrest, and processed on an outstanding warrant out of Riverdale.
