Berwyn Police Blotter
Traffic stops / accidents
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Disregarded stop sign
September 22, 2007, 12:08 PM
An officer saw a white Buick sedan slow, but not stop, at the East and 15th stop sign. Driver Jesus Ledesma, 22, of Cicero, was cited for that and for driving with no insurance while his license was suspended.
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Two towed for parking in forbidden Oktoberfest zone
September 22, 2007, 1:40 AM
Police patrolling in the 6800 block of Windsor found two vehicles parked in diagonal spaces, in apparent disregard of the posted barricades forbidding parking in that area because of Berwyn’s Oktoberfest. One was a silver Olds Alero, registered to a 23-year-old Chicago man. The other was a silver Trailblazer registered to a 23-year-old woman from Cicero. Officers entered the Windsor sports bar and had workers make several public-address announcements asking the owners to come out and move the vehicles. When nobody responded, both were towed.
3:00 AM
The woman who owned the Trailblazer contacted police. She was tending bar at the Windsor, but did not hear the announcements. She said she parked there because she thought Oktoberfest was over.
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Cadillac contains cannabis
September 21, 2007, 10:15 PM
Gang task force officers stopped a suspicious Cadillac near 13th and Home, and noticed a “blunt” in plain view on the passenger seat. The item tested positive for cannabis, and weighed two grams. The driver, a 21-year-old man from the 3500 block of East, was given a $100 pot possession ticket, which he paid in full.
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Impala impounded
September 21, 2007, 7:41 PM
An officer at 31st and Ridgeland stopped a very loud red Chevy Impala and impounded it for violating the noise ordinance. The $500 ticket went to driver Hugo Guerrero-Ramos, 19, of Las Vegas, NV.
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License plates: one missing, one just plain fake
September 21, 2007, 8:44 AM
An officer in the 7000 block of Cermak stopped a grey Ram pickup truck that had no front license plate. Driver Roberto A. Hernandez, 32, showed an Indiana license, although he told police he has lived in Illinois for over a year. He was cited for no front registration and failure to notify the Secretary of State of an address change.
11:21 AM
In the 6500 block of Cermak, police stopped a green Ford Taurus with a license plate that did not appear to be authentic. The plate was in fact a fake. Driver Armando Reyes, 29, of Cicero, stated he had neither license nor insurance. He was cited for driving without a valid license or insurance; invalid plates; improper use of plates, and failure to transfer title.
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Witnesses catch plates on hit and run car
September 21, 2007, 6:09 PM
Witnesses in the 3500 block of Clinton reported seeing a tan 4-door sedan sideswipe a parked Nissan Altima belonging to a neighbor, then drive away. Plates noted by the witnesses registered to a woman in Bolingbrook, who was sent a letter about the hit and run accident.
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Monday, September 24, 2007
Red-light disregard reveals lack of proper license
September 20, 2007, 1:11 AM
An officer at the 26th and Ridgeland light saw a maroon Dodge Caravan with temporary plates blow through the stop. When driver Lilia Hernandez, 28, of the 9000 block of south Baltimore, Chicago, was asked to show license and insurance, she produced a driver’s license from Jalisco, Mexico. Asked how long she had lived in the United States, the woman told the officer “six months”. The officer informed the woman she must get an Illinois license in order to drive. She was cited for driving without a valid license and for disobeying a red light.
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Dancers, uncooperative driver, features of one loud-car stop
September 20, 2007, 1:01 AM
Audible down the block from the Lalo’s parking lot, Maple and 32nd, was a tan Lexus. The driver, 38-year-old Sonia Davila of Lyons, was cited for noise.
1:59 PM
Police stopped a grey Chevy two-door whose stereo could be heard over 150 feet away in teh 7100 and 7200 blocks of Pershing. The car was impounded; the ticket went to Simon T. Girzynski, 21, of Lyons.
2:46 PM
A police sergeant found a large crowd gathered around an extremely loud blue Chevy minivan parked in the rear of Circuit City, 2200 Home. He told them to disperse. The driver, a 41-year-old man from the 1500 block of Clarence, told the sergeant he was waiting there to pick up his stepdaughter from high school, because she was involved in a fight the previous day. The man said it was one of the teen’s friends who had turned the van’s stereo up high, and they all began to dance on the bumper and hang on the van while waiting.
The sergeant informed the man that he was getting a $500 noise ticket; the man refused to sign it and said he would “call the chief and sue” the officer. The sergeant told the driver to removed his things from the van, because it was being towed. The man stated he and his things were staying put. The man was given a choice: cooperate, or be arrested for obstruction. The man finally did as he was told and the van was impounded.
5:34 PM
WEDGE officers were in the 2300 block of Cuyler in response to a gang loitering complaint. While there, they stopped a very loud red Honda two-door traveling westbound on 24th. It was impounded, and driver Leonardo Ramirez, 21, of Cicero was cited for noise as well as driving unlicensed and uninsured.
8:16 PM
At 13th and Oak Park, police stopped a red Nissan Sentra so loud it could be heard over 200 feet away. Driver Luis Galindo, 23, of the 700 block of south Grove, Oak Park, was issued a noise violation ticket.
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
Aural offender’s car towed
September 19, 2007, 9:50 PM
A caller informed police of a suspicious man in the Burger King parking lot, blasting loud music from a car. Officers came to the 3400 block of Harlem and found a man in a blue Toyota Corolla, as the caller had described. The loud Toyota was towed because of the noise ordinance violation. Driver Gabriel Martinez-Cordona, 18, of the 3000 block of south Kedvale, Chicago, wore no seat belt; he also had no license or insurance. He told police the car belonged to his brother.
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Traffic accidents, two involving buses
September 19, 2007, 1:01 PM
After an accident at 26th and Riverside Drive involving a Dodge Caravan and a bus, the minivan was towed. Driver Blanca Bonilla, 30, of the 2700 block of south Keeler, Chicago, received tickets for driving without license or insurance, as well as for failing to secure a child in a carseat.
3:46 PM
A Pace bus and a Honda Civic were in an accident in the 3800 block of Ridgeland. One driver, 18-year-old Pamela Garcia, had no license; only a learner’s permit. Garcia was cited for driving unlicensed and uninsured.
5:48 PM
In the 7100 block of Roosevelt, an accident involved a Toyota Corolla and a Mistubishi Galant. Woodridge resident Issa L. Jones, 26, was ticketed for driving with no license or insurance.
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Lincoln limo towed, Chicagoan’s car wears wrong plates
September 19, 2007, 9:06 AM
Police stopped a white Lincoln Town Car limousine, eastbound on Roosevelt in the 7000 block, because it lacked the requisite safety-inspection sticker. Driver Troy Taylor, 43, of Bellwood, was driving despite the suspension of his license. He was cited for no sticker, no insurance and the suspended license, and the limo was towed.
1:39 PM
Expired license plates caused police to stop a black Chevy Silverado in the 1900 block of East. The plates were not only expired; they did not match the vehicle. Driver Jose Garcia, 38, of the 3000 block of south Harding, Chicago, was cited for expired registration, improper use of registration, no safety-inspection sticker, and failure to transfer title.
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
Long-expired license
September 19, 2007, 12:28 AM
Officers checking for safety violations at 23rd and Harlem stopped a red Buick sedan with no front plate. The driver, 27-year-old Damaris Calixto of the 2900 block of north Oak Park, Chicago, was cited for the missing plate, lack of insurance and driving despite a license that expired in June, 2001.
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Friday, September 21, 2007
Felony arrest for Oak Lawn man in traffic stop
September 18, 2007, 11:43 PM
Police stopped a white Chevy Blazer after seeing it disobey a flashing red traffic light at Harlem and 25th. The driver, Hosan Jadrwi, 34, of Oak Lawn, had a revoked license. He was convicted of DUI in 2003, and was cited for driving on the revoked license in 2004. An assistant state’s attorney approved one felony count of aggravated driving with license revoked. A check of Jadrwi’s name revealed he was on parole, so his felony arrest had to be reported to the Illinois Dept. of Corrections. He was also cited for misdemeanor driving on a revoked license; driving without insurance, and disobeying a traffic control device.
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Traffic accidents with injuries
September 18, 2007, 12:43 PM
An accident with injuries in the 2100 block of Oak Park involved a pickup truck vs a minivan. One driver, a 22-year-old man from the 1200 block of Wenonah, was cited for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident, and driving without insurance.
4:58 PM
In the 2200 block of Harlem, a Chevy Cavalier and a tractor-trailer had an accident. The truck driver stated he was stopped in traffic when struck from the rear by the other vehicle. Driver Julian Ortega, 18m, of Cicero received tickets for driving uninsured and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
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Seat belt stops
September 18, 2007, 10:20 AM
An officer at 16th and Gunderson noticed the driver of a green GMC van wore no seat belt. The man, a 35-year-old from the 1800 block of Scoville, was arrested because his license had been revoked. He was cited for the above as well as driving uninsured.
10:35 AM
In the same area and for the same reason, police stopped a Chevy Lumina. The driver, a 21-year-old man from the 1800 block of Wenonah, was cited for no belt and no license.
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