Berwyn Police Blotter
Fight/brawl/riot
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Hair-pulling fight over kitchen implements
May 11, 2008, 10:56 PM
Police were sent to the 1600 block of Ridgeland on reports of a dispute involving a baseball bat. They found two women yelling at each other in the stairway of an apartment, as an unaggressive man stood by harmlessly holding a baseball bat. Police recovered the bat, separated the combatants and interviewed everyone. The women apparently have an ongoing disagreement over the ownership of some pots, pans, etc. One woman told police she came home and found her radio missing, so she immediately went to the other apartment, kicked in the door and confronted the other woman. Thus began the struggle. At one point, the angry woman fetched a baseball bat, which induced the other woman to call 911. The second woman appeared to be the victim, with bite marks on her arms and clumps of her hair lying on the floor. The door-kicker was charged with domestic battery.
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Soccer hooligans
May 10, 2008, 5 PM
Police were dispatched to a “fight in progress” in the 1600 block of Wesley. They spoke with a 25-year-old man from the 7000 block of 16th, who said he was in a fight with another man during a soccer game at the nearby soccer field. He said the other man punched him because his team was losing. The other man—a 38-year-old resident of the 2400 block of south Homan, Chicago—said the Berwyn man started it. Neither man would sign a complaint against the other.
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Friday, May 09, 2008
Battery charge for wanted man
May 4, 2008, 1:12 AM
One man reportedly punched the other in the face multiple times at La Aduana tavern, 6736 Cermak; police charged Javier A. Buinfil, 29, of Cicero, with battery. Cicero police also had an active arrest warrant for Buinfil. A second man was accused of punching a bouncer, but was released when the bouncer did not sign a complaint.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Biting opinion
May 2, 2008, 10:59 PM
A man at Family Liquors, 6428 Cermak, told police a bar patron argued with him about the Cubs game, then grabbed his left hand and bit it. The victim’s thumb was visibly injured. The victim told police the guy was his friend up until the biting incident. Christopher F. Cerecedes, 35, was charged with battery.
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Woman’s ex shows up to battle his replacement
April 29, 2008, 11:03 PM
Callers alerted police to a fight outside a house in the 1400 block of Harvey. A woman there said her old boyfriend showed up and picked a fight on the patio with her new boyfriend. The ex was sent on his way.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Bottles fly during bar brawl
April 27, 2008, 2:49 AM
Dispatchers fielding calls about a fight at JJ’s Take Five bar, 6330 16th, told officers one offending was bleeding and fled westbound on 16th in a white Cadillac Escalade. Police stopped an Escalade in the area; a passenger in the SUV was bleeding from the hand. Witnesses to the fight told police the bartender said “last call” and the next thing anyone knew, several men were fighting, so the bartender called police. One victim, a 19-year-old Westchester woman, was struck in the face by a flying bottle.
Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Fight/brawl/riot • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Entertainment company employees involved in restaurant kitchen fight
April 25, 2008, 11:52 PM
Police responding to a fight in the 6700 block of Ogden were met by a restaurant bouncer and a representative of an entertainment business—a 37-year-old Chicago man—who said his boss told him to relay a message to a fellow employee, who was in the back kitchen with the evening’s entertainers. The message was that the show needed to start in ten minutes. The other employee—Felipe Yanez, 32, of the 5600 block of south Campbell, Chicago—reportedly argued with his coworker upon receiving this message, saying he “does not take orders” from him. Yanez allegedly punched and kicked the victim in the face multipple times until the bouncer detained him. The victim had visible injuries to his head and face. Police charged Yanez with battery.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Posen man charged with battery, resisting, property damage after street fight
April 20, 2008, 3:01 AM
Officers patrolling Cermak noticed one man apparently trying to hit two other men simultaneously as the three stood on the northeast corner of Scoville and Cermak. The apparent aggressor would not stop hitting when ordered to, and police were obliged to use a Taser to separate the men. Once the men were apart, however, the aggressor began to hit an officer in the arms and chest. The offender fled west, then north, but backup officers arrived. The fleeing man was Tased again; he fell down and was handcuffed despite resistance. During the tussle, one sergeant sustained rips in both his shirts, in his pants, and damage to equipment on his belt. One of the offender’s victims was too drunk to explain what went down. The other victim explained that he and his intoxicated amigo were walking back to their cars after leaving LaQuinta restaurant, when the offender offered them a ride. The victim said they declined the offer because it was made by a stranger. That, he said, was when the hitting started. Police charged Adrian Pinon, 30, of Posen, with battery, criminal damage to property and resisting arrest.
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Bloody bar battery involved pool cue
April 20, 2008, 12:59 AM
Police responding to a disturbance at Selena’s bar, 6320 26th, were met by bouncers who said the three offenders had just fled the scene. Still present was a 22-year-old Cicero man, bleeding badly from the back of the head after being struck with a pool cue. The victim told police he could identify his attacker. Police located a man just a few doors away from the bar; he was positively identified as the offender, both by the victim and by bar bouncers. During the arrest, police noticed the alleged offender try several times to make gestures toward the victim and the bouncers. While being handcuffed, the man spontaneously said, “You wanna know why he got smacked? He’s the guy that split my head open a few months ago. That’s why he got smacked!” Then, while being placed in the squad car, the offender said to the victim, in Spanish, “When I see you again, I’m going to kill you.” This remarks was witnessed and noted by a Spanish-speaking officer. Police charged a 33-year-old man from the 6500 block of 28th Place with battery. Another man, age 26, was charged with aggravated battery.
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Polite motorist beaten, robbed
April 20, 2008, 12:15 AM
A man with many cuts, bruises, and a black eye told police he was driving home from his job in the western suburbs when he saw four strangers fighting on the street in the 2100 block of Euclid, south of Vacin. The victim was unable to drive through to reach his home because of the fight, so he pulled over to wait it out. When he pulled over, another strange man emerged from a parked Lincoln Town Car, approached him and asked what he was doing. The victim said, “I live over here.” The stranger pulled the victim out of his own vehicle, beat him and robbed him of his wallet. The victim’s father found him later, lying on the ground, and took him to MacNeal Hospital for treatment. He remained in the hospital until 4 PM, when he reported the crime to police.
Assault, battery • Fight/brawl/riot • Robbery • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sauk Village pair stages fight at major intersection
April 16, 2008, 11:41 PM
A man and woman, residents of Sauk Village, argued in the street at Cermak and Oak Park Avenue. Police responding to the disturbance saw the 28-year-old man’s face was covered with bleeding scratches. The victim told police he and the woman argued over his drinking, and she slapped and scratched him. The 25-year-old woman was charged with domestic battery.
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Fight victim won’t sign complaint after all, but warrant for witness surfaces
April 16, 2008, 11:12 PM
A man and a woman told police to stop a black Cadillac at Ridgeland and 26th because a woman involved in a street fight was the front seat passenger. Police stopped the Cadillac. The 42-year-old woman passenger, a resident of the 700 block of north Christiana, Chicago, was accused of punching her pregnant 23-year-old daughter in the face. The daughter later refused to sign the complaint. Name checks of all involved parties and witnesses revealed an active DuPage County arrest warrant for one young man, so he was arrested and processed.
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Thursday, April 03, 2008
Teens say gang members attacked them, yelled slogans
March 30, 2008, 5:17 PM
A Berwyn woman told police her teenage son called to say he had been “jumped” at 15th and Harvey by four or five males, one of whom stole the boy’s cell phone. The boy had cuts on his arm and stomach and a bump on the back of his head. He was with a 15-year-old male friend during the alleged attack. The boys said they were walking in the 1500 block of Harvey when three males approached, yelled a gang slogan and took a swing at the younger boy, who hit back. The older boy tried to intervene and lost his cell phone in the process. The offenders left the scene in a black Chevy sedan with tinted windows. The victims told police the attackers wore hoodies; one was known by his first name to the victims, who believe he is from Cicero.
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Woman arrested for battery at La Ultima Copa
March 30, 2008, 2:40 AM
A 28-year-old LaGrange woman with a scratch near her eye said another woman hit her in the face with a beer can at La Ultima Copa (Last Call) tavern, 6305 26th St. Police arrested 21-year-old Jessica Cortez, Northlake, and charged her with battery. Mysteriously, while police were on scene, officers saw a clear bag possibly containing cocaine; no other information, such as amount and ownership, was available. The mystery powder was recovered and placed in an evidence locker.
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Rambunctious Inclusive patron bounced, banned
March 23, 2008, 1:22 AM
Police responded to a call about a fight at Inclusive nightclub, 6319 Roosevelt, but no fighters were present when they arrived. Manager Vernon Weaver told police bouncers escorted a man out of the business before a fight could occur, and just called to notify police. The troublesome customer was banned from the premises.