A man wearing a helmet headbutted his way through an Oak Park grocery store’s plate glass window in a fit of rage last week, according to Oak Park police.
Shortly before 11:30 p.m. June 14, a man wearing a helmet struck his head against the 5- by 7-foot plate glass window of a grocery store in the 400 block of Madison Street, according to police. The man then fled west bound on Madison Street while riding a black moped, according to police.
The incident caused an estimated $2,500 in damage, according to police.
Car theft
Police are investigating an incident in which a man reportedly rented a car from an Oak Park vehicle rental service and never returned it, according to police.
The man reportedly rented the 2024 Honda Acord from a business in the 100 block of Chicago Avenue on May 30, with the vehicle contracted to be returned by June 2. The car was reported stolen June 17, according to the police.
The vehicle has an estimated value of $30,000, according to police.
Domestic battery arrest
Police arrested an Oak Park man on domestic battery charges the morning of June 17, according to police.
Police arrested the 49-year-old man in the 100 block of North Kenilworth Avenue in connection with an alleged attack that occurred on June 6 at the same location, according to police.
The man was processed and held for his bond hearing, according to police.
Tool theft
Oak Park police are investigating several incidents of tool theft that were reported last week.
Shortly before 1:50 p.m. on Thursday, June 19 someone stole a chainsaw and wet saw from a Bristol, IL resident who was working in the 200 block of Harlem Avenue. The tools are valued at an estimated $4,000, according to police.
On the morning on Wednesday June 18, someone stole two nailers, two saws, two drills and a set of tool batteries from a Berwyn resident’s van while it was parked in the 600 block of Wesely Avenue, according to police. The tools are valued at an estimated $1,790, according to police.
These items were obtained from Oak Park’s Police Department reports dated June 14– June 23 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