A gun was pulled on an Oak Park resident after he tried to prevent two men from cutting his catalytic converter at 6:48 a.m., March 14, at the intersection of Pleasant Street and Euclid Avenue.
After hearing the sound of a machine, the resident saw a man underneath the resident’s 2007 Honda hatchback removing the vehicle’s catalytic converter, while a second unknown man stood watch from the driver’s seat of a blue vehicle.
When the resident told the two men that he was calling the police, one of the men brandished a firearm at him then fled in the blue vehicle.
Burglary
- Someone broke into a locked 2015 Audi A3 and stole five pairs of prescription Ray-Ban sunglasses from the vehicle between 6:30 p.m., March 14, and 9:50 a.m., March 15, in the 100 block of Forest Avenue.
Recovered stolen vehicles
- A 2019 Kia Optima was removed from the 600 block of South Boulevard between 7:50 a.m. and 12:20 p.m., March 13. The vehicle was recovered in the 700 block of South Oak Park Avenue with front end damage. The estimated damage is unknown.
- A 2013 Hyundai Elantra was stolen from the 100 block of North Humphrey on March 16 at 10:30 p.m. It was recovered a short time later by the Chicago Police Department in the city’s Austin neighborhood, at the 700 block of North Pine Street, with a broken passenger side window and a peeled steering column. Estimated damage is $2,000.
Motor vehicle theft
- A 2018 Hyundai Elantra was removed from the 800 block of South Randolph Street between 2 p.m., March 11, and 6:10 p.m., March 13. Estimated loss $13,000. Chicago police recovered the vehicle in the 300 block of North Central Park Avenue in Chicago at 8:43 p.m., March 15.
- A 2019 Kia Sportage was removed between 9 a.m. and 9:06 a.m., March 13, from the 700 block of South Grove Avenue. The estimated total loss is $28,000. The vehicle was recovered by Chicago police in the 5500 block of West Grand Avenue in Chicago at 1:37 p.m., March 13.
- A 2016 Kia Optima was stolen from the 200 block of South Taylor Avenue overnight on March 17. The vehicle was recovered, running and unoccupied with a shattered driver’s side window and a peeling steering column, at the 100 block of Pleasant Street.
- A 2019 Honda Insight was stolen from the 400 block of North Austin Boulevard at 3:45 p.m. The car was left unlocked and running. Estimated loss is $28,000
Attempted motor vehicle theft
- A would-be carjacker attempted to steal a 2021 Kia Forte at some point between 5 p.m. on March 16 and 7 a.m. the following day, from the 300 block of South Oak Park Avenue, shattering the rear driver’s side window and peeling the steering column. The estimated damage is unknown.
- A suspect took advantage of an unlocked door to try to steal a 2021 Kia Forte from the 1100 block of Lake Street on March 17, between 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. The steering column was peeled. Estimated damage is unknown.
Theft
- A UPS package containing a black and silver Black & Decker toaster was taken from the front of a residence in the 6000 block of Roosevelt Road between 10 a.m., March 8, and 1 p.m., March 13. The estimated loss is $60.
These items were obtained from Oak Park Police Department reports dated March 14-20 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.
Compiled by Stacey Sheridan and Igor Studenkov
