Berwyn Police Blotter
Noise violations
In which someone disturbs the peace by making way too much noise in violation of Berwyn's local noise ordinance. The basic fine is $500 dollars.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Loud car impounded on north side
October 3, 2007, 4:54 PM
Members of the WEDGE gang task force stopped a white sedan at 15th and Gunderson for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. The vehicle—registered to a 20-year-old woman from the 1400 block of Home—was impounded. Driver Stephen Giet, 18, of Cicero, received the $500 noise-violation ticket.
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Friday, October 05, 2007
Loud SUV impounded
October 1, 2007, 4:02 PM
A tan Chevy Trailblazer violated Berwyn’s noise ordinance at 35th and Ridgeland and was impounded. The $500 ticket went to driver Eric Vicera, 19, of Cicero.
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Thursday, October 04, 2007
Lyons driver penalized for noise
September 30, 2007, 6:28 PM
A silver Toyota was stopped on 35th at Kenilworth for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. The car was impounded; the $500 ticket went to driver Borislav Josipovic, 26, of Lyons.
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Loud cars plus some marijuana
September 30, 2007, 4:35 PM
A white Mitsubishi Lancer was stopped for excessive noise at 16th and Highland. The driver, a 25-year-old man from the 6200 block of west Berenice, Chicago, was cited for noise and driving on a suspended license; the Lancer was impounded. The passenger, Luis A Vargas, 25, of the 3900 block of west Diversey, Chicago, was found in possession of a cigar holder containing two grams of marijuana. He received a $100 marijuana possession ticket.
6:28 PM
A silver Toyota, eastbound on 35th at Kenilworth, was stopped and impounded for noise. Driver Borislav Jospovic, 26, of Lyons, received the $500 noise ticket.
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VW towed for noise
September 26, 2007, 8:22 PM
A silver Volkswagen Toureg was stopped in the 6900 block of for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. The car was impounded; the $500 ticket was issued to driver Ricardo I. Pineda, 21, of Cicero.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
“You guys took my other car two weeks ago!”
September 24, 2007, 9:14 PM
A grey Dodge Intrepid, audible at distances beyond 200 feet, was stopped by police at East and 26th. Driver Miguel Carrasco, 22, of the 2600 block of Kildare, Chicago, got a $500 noise-violator ticket; the Intrepid was impounded. When the officer tried to explain the procedure whereby impounded vehicles can be reclaimed from the tow yard, Carrasco responded, “I know, I know. You guys took my other car two weeks ago.”
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Sound system useless in tow lot
September 22, 2007, 3:11 PM
Police at 18th and Maple stopped an extremely loud dark-red Chevy sedan and impounded it for the noise violation. A vehicle inventory revealed large “kicker box” speakers and an amp in the trunk. The $500 ticket went to 20-year-old driver David Barrera of Cicero.
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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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Monday, September 24, 2007
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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Duelling noises
September 20, 2007, midnight
Police were called to the 2500 block of Scoville, west side, to check on loud music coming from a house. They were greeted by the loud music, and met with the caller. The man said this happens every night at about the same time and continues until 1 or 2 AM, forcing him and his family to wear earplugs to get any sleep.
Police knocked at the doors of the loud house, but nobody answered. All the windows of the loud house were closed but one: a bedroom window facing the complainant’s home. Because nobody answered, and in fear for the well-being of the resident—a 61-year-old woman—police had fire personnel gain entry though the open window. Once inside, police easily found the source: a portable stereo system placed on a table with its speakers aimed at the complainant’s house; it appeared the radio had been set to go off at a certain time. Police turned off the stereo and resecured the house. Back at the station, police wrote the woman a citation for “use of premises to disturb the peace”. While the ticket was being written, the complainant called again to report the stereo was on once more.
This time, police arrived in time to see a woman in the bedroom window by the stereo, in the act of turning up the volume. She was told to stop cranking the radio and meet police at the front door. She refused to identify herself or even spell her name for police.
When asked why the loud radio, the woman said it was because her neighbor’s dogs bark too loudly. She said when she called about it, the cops “did nothing.” Police tried to hand the woman her noise ticket, but she refused to take it, so they placed it in her mailbox.
Officers spoke with the neighbor, who agreed to keep his dogs quiet in future.
The court date for the noise-duel case is October 11th at 3 PM at 6401 W. 31st Street, Berwyn.
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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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Wednesday, September 19, 2007
200-foot noise violation gets SUV towed
September 16, 2007, 8:50 PM
Police stopped a maroon Ford Expedition because it could be heard 200 feet away in violation of Berwyn’s noise ordinance. Driver Christian Melendez, 28, of Cicero, was cited for noise and the SUV was impounded.
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Man accused of annoying, then threatening, neighbors
September 16, 2007, 6:46 PM
Various residents of the 1500 block of Kenilworth reported they were threatened by a tenant of a building on the block. The witnesses told police they complained to the man’s landlord about excessive noise and yelling. After yelling from one house to another, they said, the man emerged and confronted the complainants. He announced to them that his name was “Francisco” and they had not heard the last of him, this was not over, etc, etc. He added that someone would “take care of” the complainants. As he walked away, the witnesses heard him say nobody was going to tell him to shut up or be quiet. The neighbors wished this behavior documented by police.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Wrong guy driving and volume too loud
September 15, 2007, 8:55 PM
An officer in the 2100 block of Scoville stopped a blue Volkswagen Jetta because its loud stereo could be heard 150 feet away. The driver, Fernando Arias, 23, of Cicero, told police he had no license, producing instead a Mexican ID card. He was cited for driving unlicensed and for the noise violation. The owner of the car, a 21-year-old woman from the 2100 block of Scoville, told the officer she had given Arias permission to drive even though she knew he had no license to do so. She was issued a ticket for allowing an unauthorized person to drive.
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Saturday, September 15, 2007
Too much sound, you must impound
September 13, 2007, 3:27 PM
A loud black BMW was stopped by a police sergeant at 24th and Cuyler for violating the noise ordinance. Driver Juan C. Haro, 21, of Cicero, got the $500 ticket and the BMW was towed away.
3:38 PM
Same place, same problem: a black Nissan Altima was towed for being too loud. The ticket went to Cicero driver Shadi Saleh.
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