A winter past at the Park Forest Police Station. (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.
An arrest does not mean that a person is guilty. All those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty. It is the policy of eNews Park Forest to not remove items in the public record from publication. If your name is listed in the police reports, we will only add information relevant to the final disposition of the case at hand, e.g. "Mr. Smith was subsequently acquitted," "Mr. Smith entered a guilty plea," or "All charges against Mr. Smith were subsequently dropped." We will do so upon receiving and verifying proof of such disposition.
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Chanelle D. Ingram, 23, 13092 Drexel Ave., Chicago, and Christiana A. Davis, 18, 58 W. 140th St., Riverdale, were arrested on February 23 and charged with battery when an officer on patrol was flagged down just east of Westwood Boulevard on Lakewood Drive regarding a report of subjects fighting.
Kelby C. Young, 25, 202 Rich Road, Park Forest, was arrested on February 23 and charged with resisting a peace officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, and issued traffic citations charging tinted windows and tinted license plate cover when an officer on patrol observed that the vehicle Young was driving eastbound on Main Street had tinted windows and a tinted license plate cover, according to police. Stephanie M. Stephens, 25, 3120 Commercial Ave. Apt 3, South Chicago Heights, a passenger in the vehicle, was also arrested and processed on two counts of obstructing/resisting a peace officer and possession of cannabis.
An officer was dispatched to the Park Forest Police Department on February 27 to investigate a report of battery. A juvenile stated that he was walking on the sidewalk in the 300 block of Sauk Trail after school at approximately 3:25 PM when he was struck several times by another juvenile.
Daniel Rivera, 20, 457 Springfield St., Park Forest, was arrested on February 27 and charged with domestic battery and possession of cannabis when police were dispatched to a residence in the 400 block of Springfield Street in reference to a report of a domestic problem.
Christopher S. Jones, 19, 1310 Otto Blvd., Chicago Heights, was arrested on February 27 and charged with retail theft and resisting a peace officer when police were dispatched to a business in the 100 block of South Orchard Drive to investigate a report of a retail theft in progress.
A 40-inch Sansui flat screen television valued at approximately $500, two19-inch flat screen televisions valued at $150 each, and a 32-inch flat screen television valued at approximately $400 were reported stolen during a residential burglary in the 500 block of Antietam Street on February 28. Entry was made to the residence by smashing in a side door, according to police.
An Indiana license plate, number VJZ195, was reported stolen from the rear of a vehicle parked in the 200 block of Gentry Street on March 1.
