Oak Park police are investigating reports that a man was robbed at gun point last week.
A Chicago man was walking in the 700 block of Madison Street at 10:20 a.m. Friday, March 13 when a man approached him, pulled a handgun and demanded the victim’s phone and money. The victim turned over his property,and the suspect fled on foot, according to police.
The stolen property is valued at $800, according to police.
Restaurant battery
Oak Park police are investigating a violent incident reported at a restaurant in the 700 block of North Harlem Avenue at 10:10 p.m. Friday, March 13, according to police.
A man and a woman reportedly entered a restaurant together before the man began yelling at restaurant staff about getting his order right and “threatened to shoot the place up.” The man then approached a restaurant worker and slapped them across the face, according to police.
The man and woman then fled south on Harlem Avenue away from the restaurant.
Battery arrests
Oak Park police made arrests in connection with several battery incidents last week.
Police arrested a 27-year-old Chicago man on aggravated battery charges for allegedly attacking a nurse at West Suburban Medical Center just after 11:40 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, according to police.
Police arrested a 44-year-old Northlake man on two counts of domestic battery on Friday, March 13. in connection with reported attacks on two Oak Park residents, according to police.
Police also arrested a 26-year-old Chicago man on battery charges at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 in connection with a reported attack on another Chicago resident in the 7100 block of North Avenue, according to police.
These items were obtained from Oak Park’s Police Department reports dated March 10 – March 15 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.