Between 11:30 a.m. Jan. 8 and about 8 p.m. Jan. 9 someone entered Amelié Café at 103 S. Oak Park Ave. by drilling a lock on the rear door. The person stole an espresso machine, coffee bean grinder and drip coffee machine. The estimated damage and loss are $8,600.
Criminal damage to property
Between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Jan. 9, someone slashed the front passenger tire to an Oak Park resident’s 2020 Chevrolet Traverse on the 1100 block of South East Avenue. The estimated loss is $100.
Burglary
Someone broke the front passenger side window of a Hoffman Estates’ resident black 2015 Toyota Corolla around 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 6 on the 900 block of Lake Street. The person stole a projector from the floorboard of the passenger seat. The estimated loss and damage is $330.
Motor vehicle theft
Between 8:30 a.m. and 10:20 a.m. Jan. 8, someone stole an Oak Park resident’s unlocked white 2021 Toyota Sienna van on the 300 block of North Kenilworth Avenue. The estimated loss is unknown.
Retail theft
At 7:40 p.m. Jan. 9, a man stole six to eight bottles of Cazadores Tequila from the Jewel-Osco at 7036 Roosevelt Road. He was last seen walking eastbound. The estimated loss is $155.94.
Arrests
- A 50-year-old Chicago man was arrested at 11 a.m. Jan. 6 in Chicago for battery to a Cicero resident which occurred Nov. 16, 2024, on the 700 block of Van Buren Street. He was given a citation and notice to appear.
- A 40-year-old Oak Park woman was arrested at 6:50 p.m. Jan. 6 on the 400 block of North Austin Boulevard for domestic battery to an Oak Park resident which occurred Oct. 17, 2024. She was transported to bond hearings.
- A 55-year-old Evergreen Park man was arrested 11:12 a.m. Jan. 6 at Target at 1129 W. Lake St. for retail theft and criminal trespass. He also had an active Cook County warrant for criminal trespass. He was transported to bond hearings.
- A 19-year-old Broadview man was arrested at 4:04 p.m. Jan. 7 in Chicago after being identified as the person who used a semi-automatic handgun in an armed robbery on the Blue Line train platform on the 700 block of South Austin Boulevard. He was held for bond hearings.
These items were obtained from Oak Park Police Department reports dated Jan. 6 – 10 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 Luzane Draughon