Mugsy’s, Domino’s, Dunkin’ robbed in Madison St. burglaries
On April 1 around 3 a.m., Forest Park police were advised that Elmhurst police were looking for a red Kia involved in a string of commercial burglaries. While on patrol, police saw that Mugsy’s, 7640 Madison St., had damage to its front door. Surveillance cameras showed two people kicking the front door in. The business owner said they took $120 from the cash register and two bottles of Don Julio Tequila.
While on the way to Mugsy’s on April 1, other police officers saw that the glass front door to Domino’s Pizza, 7656 Madison St., was also shattered. A cash register was missing, but the manager was out of town and couldn’t confirm how much money was taken at the time of the report.
While responding to Mugsy’s, police also noticed that the front door of the Dunkin’ Donuts at 7660 Madison St. was smashed. A surveillance video showed four people in a red car at the Dunkin’. One smashed the front glass doors and took two cash registers from the store, stealing an estimated $550. According to the police reports, offenders haven’t been identified.
Car burglary
Police arrived at the 800 block of Des Plaines Avenue on March 30 just after 2 a.m. when a woman called to report two men tampering with cars in a parking lot and hearing a car alarm. Police arrived to find two men inside one of the cars – later discovered to have entered it by forcibly pulling down a window – and commanded them to stop and show their hands, but they fled toward Dunlop Avenue. After police found the men hiding behind nearby garbage cans, they resisted officers by pulling away and tensing their bodies, according to the police report. The two were charged with burglary from a motor vehicle, resisting an officer and criminal damage to property. But as juveniles without sufficient points to be admitted to the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, the two were respectively released to their aunt and mother.
Ordinance violation
On March 30, police were dispatched to Rhythm and Blues Cafe around 5 p.m. for reports of a fight. According to the police report, when they arrived, officers saw a crowd of people walking down Madison Street, heard loud music and a man speaking into a microphone. Police said the restaurant manager told them that the cafe was hosting a birthday party. Inside, police reported seeing a laptop plugged into two speakers. Because the cafe doesn’t have an entertainment license, the business owner received an ordinance violation.
Obstructing identification
Police responded to the 200 block of Harlem Avenue just before 11 a.m. on March 31 for a fight in progress. Multiple people on the scene identified a man running away as someone who had just committed an armed robbery. Police caught the man in the 200 block of Marengo Avenue. The man told police that he didn’t have any weapons and gave them a fake name, according to the police report. It was later revealed that one of the victims was battered, but no weapons were involved, and the victims didn’t want to sign complaints. The man was charged with obstructing identification and for an in-state warrant for domestic battery out of Whiteside County.
Retail theft
Police were dispatched to the BP gas station on Washington Street on April 3 after a man reportedly took a booklet of lottery scratch offs and left without paying. The gas station manager told police that he’d just finished restocking the lottery machine and accidentally left the key in the machine, then heard the machine’s alarm going off from his office. When the manager approached a man next to the machine, he fled to a car and drove away. The manager estimated that the man took 30 tickets valued at $20 each. The manager said he’d sign complaints if the offender was located. According to the police report, Forest Park police have had multiple encounters with the same man stealing from BP and impersonating a retired police officer to get free products from the gas station.
These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated March 30 through April 3 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.
