Crime & Safety
Police: Failed Fraud Leads to Honest Admission
When a River Forest Police officer asked 18-year-old James Jones if he was going to run, Jones gave it to him straight.
Score one for honesty?
A Chicago man accosted by police inside a local bank after trying to cash a fraudulent check telegraphed his next move, in bold and profane fashion. Here's how it happened, according to a police report:
James Jones, 18, walked into a branch of TCF Bank, 800 Harlem Ave., on July 12 trying to cash a fraudulent check. When a bank employee alerted River Forest police to the ruse, Jones began to creep away toward the back of the building, and the officer asked Jones if he was about to bolt. His response?
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“F**k yeah, I am going to run!”
Jones then jumped onto desks and climbed over cubicles in an attempt to get away. After a brief struggle with police, Jones, of the 1000 block of North Menard Avenue in Chicago, was arrested and later charged with forgery, a class 3 felony.
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He was also charged with possession of a stolen check, criminal damage to property, two counts of battery and two counts of resisting a peace officer, all misdemeanors.
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