Oak Park police are investigating several incidents of criminal property damage from over Halloween weekend.
According to police, someone damaged the garage door of a home in the 600 block of Wesley Avenue overnight on Oct. 30. The incident reportedly knocked the garage door off its tracks and caused $3,000 in damage to the home, according to police.
Police also received a report that overnight on Oct. 31 that someone jumped on top of the hood of a 2016 Subaru Forester parked in the 800 block of South Boulevard. Police also received a report that someone had damaged the door of a KIA Soul parked in the 1000 block of Oak Park Avenue and removed the door’s handle in an apparent bid to gain entry, causing about $200 in damage.
Police are also investigating a criminal property damage incident tied to reports of shots fired in Downtown Oak Park on Halloween. A resident who reported hearing gunshots discovered what appeared to be a bullet hole in their apartment shortly after reporting the incident to police Friday night, according to police.
Domestic battery arrests
Police arrested two village residents on domestic battery charges in unrelated incidents over the weekend.
Shortly before 10:20 a.m. the morning of Friday, Oct. 31, police arrested an 18-year-old Oak Park woman in the first block of Harrison Street on domestic battery charges, according to police. Shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 1, police arrested a 70-year-old Oak park man in the 7100 block of Roosevelt Road on charges of domestic battery, according to police.
Tool theft
Oak Park police are also investigating an incident in which nearly $14,000 in tools were stolen from a vehicle in the village.
Police received a report that someone shattered the passenger side window of a plumber’s van parked in the 1000 block of Humphery Avenue. Once inside, they stole saws, drills and specialized plumbing cameras worth an estimated $13,995, according to police.
No one has been arrested in connection with that incident.
These items were obtained from Oak Park’s Police Department reports dated Oct. 27 – Nov. 3 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.
