Berwyn Police Blotter
Traffic stops / accidents
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Berwynite arrested for reckless driving in Forest Park
October 9, 2008
From the Forest Park Review:
Chase ends with arrest
A Berwyn man was charged with reckless driving following an early morning chase Oct. 9 through several streets, alleys and a parking lot.
Jeffrey Harnish, 26, was spotted driving south on Harlem Avenue shortly after 2:30 a.m. at a high rate of speed by an officer patrolling the roadway. When police pulled in behind Harnish, the suspect turned west onto Fillmore Street, turned off his lights and veered into an alley on the 1100 block between Harlem and Elgin streets. The first officer on the scene lost sight of the car, but a second patrol unit attempted to stop Harnish for driving without his headlights. When Harnish saw that the officer who had pursued him was arriving at the scene, he reportedly fled again, this time going south along Harlem Avenue.
A Berwyn squad car tried to block Harnish’s path, but the suspect turned into a parking lot at 7200 Roosevelt Road before finally coming to a stop near a curb. Harnish was pulled from the car and taken to the station, according to police.
His vehicle, a 1996 Geo Storm, was towed for lack of insurance. Authorities reportedly noticed a strong odor of alcohol on Harnish, but the suspect refused to take any blood-alcohol exams.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Two loud vehicles, one with a secret fantasy life as a squad car
October 9, 2008, 6:33 PM
An older Pontiac sedan was stopped at Ridgeland and Roosevelt for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. The car was impounded; the $500 ticket for noise was issued to driver Julio Garcia, 23, of 1929 south 61st Ct, Cicero.
5:25 PM
An officer heard and stopped an excessively loud Chevy Malibu at 21st and Ridgeland. The car was impounded; during the vehicle inventory, police discovered a device mounted in the center armrest area of the Pontiac that enabled the car to emit a police siren sound. Driver Jesse Vesuntia, 20, of 1639 south 60th Ct, Cicero, received a $500 noise ticket. He was also charged with driving a vehicle equipped with a siren.
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License already revoked for DUI, but driving nevertheless
October 9, 2008, 5:25 PM
An officer stopped an Impala at Ridgeland and Cermak because its plates were expired and its left brake light was broken. Driver Manuel Mendez, 27, of 5304 west 23rd, Cicero, told the officer he had no license. However, the state’s computer database said his license had been revoked for a DUI conviction; he was also convicted of driving with a suspended license. The assistant state’s attorney approved a charge of felony driving despite a revoked license. Mendez was also charged with driving with expired plates, no insurance, and defective brake light.
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Speeding unlicensed
October 9, 2008, 1:40 AM
A red Olds Bravada, doing 50 MPH in a 25 MPH zone, was pulled over for it in the 6400 block of Cermak. Driver Cesar Cortez, 22, of 2215 Austin, Cicero, was cited for speeding and driving without a license.
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Thursday, October 09, 2008
Gun accusation not backed up by search, but bag of pot recovered
October 6, 2008, 10:59 PM
An officer saw a brown Buick with temporary plates—westbound in the 6700 block of 19th—blow the stop sign at Oak Park Ave, nearly striking the squad car. Immediately behind the Buick, also headed west but driving in reverse, was a white Ford SUV. The Ford’s driver yelled out his window that people in the Buick had pointed a gun at him. The officer told the Ford driver to pull over and remain at 19th and Oak Park; he then stopped the Buick in the 1900 Oak Park/Grove alley. No gun was found in the Buick, but a bag of marijuana lay in plain view on the floor. Passenger Kasey Brown, 26, of 1928 Euclid, was arrested and cited for marijuana possession. Buick driver Cedric T. Jones, 25, of 2123 Kenilworth, had a suspended license and was wanted on a DuPage County arrest warrant. He was charged with blowing the stop sign, no insurance and driving on a suspended license.
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Learning the hard way—or at least the expensive, inconvenient way
October 6, 2008, 4:53 PM
An officer heard, then saw, a loud white Lincoln Navigator in the 6400 block of 25th, and stopped it for violating the noise ordinance. Driver Jose A. Velazquez, 22, of Cicero, was reportedly upset. He told police the Navigator had just been towed four days earlier for noise, but by Cicero police. He received a $500 ticket for noise, and the SUV was impounded. Again.
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Suspicious car in alley had unlicensed driver
October 6, 2008, 3:31 PM
Tactical officers noticed when a dark blue 1997 Suburban, whose plates registered to a Cicero man, traveled southbound through the 1400 block of Gunderson/Scoville alley, then onto eastbound 15th. Because the car went through an alley in an area that has suffered a rash of property crimes, police pulled it over. Driver Cristobal Hernandez, 1645 Ridgeland, told police the vehicle was not his. He was cited for prohibited alley traffic and driving unlicensed.
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Booze & snooze
October 5, 2008, 4:09 PM
Callers alerted police to a grey Cadillac—stopped in traffic, but still running—with a man slumped over the driver’s seat. Police came to Ogden and Oak Park Ave., woke the driver, shut off the Caddy and took the keys. When asked whether he was ok, driver Daniel Gerard Mitchell, 53, of 3137 Oak Park, replied, “I was just tired.” Mitchell was unable to tell police where he was headed or where he had been. He failed numerous field sobriety tests, urinated in his pants and refused a breath test. He was cited for DUI, improper parking on the roadway, no insurance, and transportation of open alcohol.
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No license? Drive my loud car anyway
October 4, 2008, 7:02 PM
An officer stopped an older Nissan at East and 16th because of its very large, loud muffler. The driver, Ramiro Hernandez, 25, of 1643 Ridgeland, told police he did not have his license on him. In fact, it had been suspended, so the car was impounded. The owner of the car, 24-year-old David Hernandez of the same address, told police he knew his brother had lost his driving privileges, but nevertheless allowed him to drive. David Hernandez was charged with permitting an unauthorized person to drive. Ramiro Hernandez was charged with driving a car with a loud muffler and tinted front windows.
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
The color of cheese
October 3, 2008, 8:56 PM
Police stopped a yellow Hummer at East and Ogden for excessive noise. Driver Jose G. Granados, 24, of 824 S. Cesar Chavez Drive, Milwaukee, WI, received a $500 noise violation ticket, and the SUV was towed.
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Junking on a suspended license
October 3, 2008, 10:41 AM
An officer saw a man behind a garage in the 1400 block of Gunderson/Scoville. The man placed a large item in the truckbed and drove away, but was stopped in the next block. Driver Jhovany Olvera had a suspended license because of several previous arrests for driving unlicensed. The items in the bed of the Chevy pickup appeared to have been scavenged from neighboring garbage. Olvera was charged with driving unlicensed and uninsured, and with illegal scavenging.
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Sunday, October 05, 2008
Noise-violation impounds of the day
October 2, 2008, 12:48 PM
Police stopped a blue Olds Delta 88 for excessive noise in the 6500 block of Cermak. It was impounded, pending payment of the $500 fine. The ticket went to driver Andrew L. Cunningham, 21, of 4849 west Adams, Chicago.
4:08 PM
At 19th and Harvey, an Impala was stopped and impounded for noise. Driver Jose Nunez, 22, of Cicero, got tickets for noise and driving unlicensed and uninsured; police also discovered he had an active arrest warrant out of Lombard.
6:26 PM
Too much noise got a white Yukon pulled over at Oak Park and Ogden, then impounded. Driver Gabriel A. Castellano, 23, of 1931 Elmwood, received the noise ticket, as well as one for driving on a suspended license.
8:08 PM
A blue Tahoe stopped for noise at East and Cermak earned a $500 ticket for driver Eduardo Ortiz, 20, of 1815 south Central, Cicero. The truck was impounded.
9:49 PM
At Harlem and Ogden, police stopped and impounded a red Envoy for violating the noise ordinance. The ticket was issued to driver Ivan Guzman, 26, of Hanover park.
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Friday, October 03, 2008
Buick stopped for noise
September 29, 2008, 8:13 PM
A red Buick LaCrosse was stopped at 38th and Ridgeland for violating the noise ordinance. It was impounded. The $500 ticket went to driver Billy Flores, 24, of the 4900 block of south LaPorte, Chicago.
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Drivers passing schools ignore stop signs, crossing guards
September 29, 2008, going-to-school time
An officer in the 7000 block of west 16th saw a black Pontiac Grand Am pass a school bus, although the bus had its stop sign extended, red lights flashing, and was in the process of unloading children at Jefferson elementary school. Driver Claudia C. Fausto, 35, of 2312 south St. Louis, Chicago, told police she had no license. In fact, she had a license, but it was suspended. The car was impounded; Fausto was charged with passing a school bus* --itself an offense that results in license suspension—and driving on a suspended license.
3:27 PM
At Elmwood and 16th, during dismissal time for Lincoln middle school, an officer saw a Suzuki SUV driver around a crossing guard who stood in the intersection, holding a clearly visible stop sign. Jorge M. Tellez, 40, of Cicero, was charged with driving unlicensed and disobeying a crossing guard.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/fulltext.asp?DocName=062500050K11-1414
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More noise stops, impounds
September 28, 2008, 3:11 PM
An officer heard a very loud Mercury Mystique at 15th and Ridgeland. He pulled the car over at 14th and Clarence and issued a $500 noise-violation ticket to driver Juan J. Sandoval, 30, of Cicero. The car was impounded.
5:01 PM
A Pontiac was impounded for noise after being stopped in the 3200 block of Oak Park. Driver Pedro Urbina, 31, of Cicero, got the noise ticket.
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