Two Oak Park residents were robbed at gun point while walking in the village last week, according to an Oak Park police activity report.
The two residents were walking on Iowa Street at 9:24 p.m. the evening of Friday, March 28 when two men exited a black sedan brandishing firearms and demanding that the victims hand over valuables. The victims gave over a wallet containing debit and credit cards and a cell phone before the suspects fled.
The cell phone was eventually recovered but no apprehensions have been made in connection to the robbery, according to the activity report.
Reckless firearm use
Oak Park police responded to a report the evening of Thursday March 27 that an Oak Park resident’s upstairs neighbor had fired a gun that sent a bullet through their ceiling, according to police.
No one was injured in the incident, according to police.
Aggravated assault
An Oak Park resident was walking in the 800 block of Garfield Street when a suspect threatened them with a knife, according to police.
Battery arrests
Police arrested a 33-year-old Chicago man on charges of domestic battery and violation of a protective order at 9:55 p.m. Friday, March 28. He was also charged with damage to government property for damaging a light fixture at the police station, according to police.
Police arrested a 29-year-old Oak Park woman on battery charges for an incident that occurred in the 800 block of Lake Street at 4:12 p.m. March 27, according to police.
Police arrested a 47-year-old Oak Park man for domestic battery in connection with an incident in the 1100 block of Euclid Avenue at 5:37 p.m. Thursday, March 26.
These items were obtained from Oak Park Police Department reports dated March 26–March 31 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 a description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.
