The Flagg family decided to pick up a few things before Christmas, so they went to Dominick's in River Forest. But Frederick C. Flagg, 39, of Elmwood Park, and his nephew Christopher C. Flagg, 27, of Maywood, just didn't want to pay for anything.

A man who punched a River Forest woman in the face and stole her purse is in custody after being nabbed by Chicago cops Dec. 20.

For the second time in two months, a victim was pushed onto the tracks at a CTA Green Line station. A man was waiting for a train just after midnight, Dec. 13, at the Green Line's Oak Park stop when he allegedly was pushed off the platform by a 35- to 40-year old man wearing a green army coat.

River Forest police have busted a man who allegedly stole $280 worth of energy drinks from Jewel in October, but abandoned his haul in the parking lot.

A man whom police have been monitoring since a July armed robbery at 7-Eleven, 661 South Blvd., in Oak Park was arrested last week.

Nearly three-fourths of people who have had an encounter with the Oak Park Police Department have been "very satisfied," according to early results from a long-term study of the local force.

An armed robber and his getaway driver are in Cook County Jail, after taking a woman's purse and shooting at a man who followed them from the scene.

A gunshot in front of Holmes School last Wednesday is being investigated by police because the target of the shooting allegedly gave conflicting information to police.

In a week filled with robberies, even a literate man was dangerous. A man bought a newspaper the evening of Dec. 6 from 7-Eleven, 240 Chicago Ave. in Oak Park, but then went back to the counter and asked for a refund.

Two teens shot at a 17-year-old Oak Park boy Wednesday night in front of Holmes School as the youth ran away from them after an attempted robbery.