Oak Park police arrested a 21-year-old man last week on a charge related to unlawful possession of a firearm, according to police.
Police arrested the Maywood man on one count of unlawful use of a weapon and gave him a notice to appear in court before releasing him from the station on May 14, according to police.
The man had been stopped by Oak Park police for not having a front license plate on his vehicle while travelling in the 1600 block of Narragansett Avenue. During the stop, police discovered the man had a Glock 19 handgun in his possession, to which the felony charge is directly related to, according to police.
He was also issued a traffic citation for the missing front registration plate, according to police.
Tool theft
Oak Park police investigated multiple incidents of high value tool theft over the last week.
At 11:45 Wednesday, May 14, police responded to a report of a man entering a Chicago resident’s trailer parked in the 1100 block of Columbian Avenue and stealing two weedwhackers, according to police. The stolen tools are valued at $750, according to police.
At 3:46 Thursday, May 15, police responded to a report of a man stealing two leaf blowers from a Cicero resident’s vehicle while it was parked in the 1000 block of North Humphrey Avenue, according to police. The stolen tools are valued at more than $900, according to police.
Battery investigation
Oak Park police are investigating a battery incident that reportedly occurred on Lake Street in Oak Park last week.
Police believe that a man approached an Oak Park resident who was walking on the sidewalk in the 700 block of Lake Street and asked him “what are you following me like that for” before slapping the victim across his face, striking him with a closed fist on the right side of his face and fleeing the scene southbound on Oak Park Avenue. The victim suffered swelling to his face but refused medical treatment, according to police.
These items were obtained from Oak Park’s Police Department reports dated May 9-May 16 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.