Parolee Charged in Burglaries at Area Stores
Four of the incidents involving Carl Griffin took place in Forest Park, one in Oak Park, police said.
A Chicago man with an extensive criminal history of robbery and burglary has been arrested in connection with a string of similar incidents in Forest Park and Oak Park, police said. Carl Griffin, 44, was out on parole when he was charged with three counts of burglary and one count of felony theft to businesses along Madison Street this summer, Forest Park police said. He also has been charged with breaking into an Oak Park convenience store in August, Oak Park police said. Griffin was picked up Sept. 3 around 5:36 a.m. in the 400 block of Marengo Avenue after an officer found that his face matched a picture on a flyer that police circulated around Forest Park about the incidents, authorities said. The photo on the flyers had been taken off…
