Berwyn Police Blotter
Noise violations
Inn which someone disturbs the peace by making way too much noise in violation of Berwyn's local noise ordinance.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Man wanted in DuPage found running a loud engine
May 11, 2008, 8:24 PM
Complaints of loud noise brought police to the 3100 block of Oak Park Avenue. A very loud engine was running, operated by 60-year-old Edgar L. Plain of that block. He was taken into custody when police learned he had an active arrest warrant out of DuPage County.
Loud Buick impounded
May 10, 2008, 9:06 AM
An officer stopped a Buick 4-door at Cermak and East because it could be heard 200 feet away in violation of Berwyn’s noise ordinance. Driver Luis G. Morales, 22, of Cicero, told police he had no license, but a check of his name revealed his license had been suspended. He was cited for both offenses and the Buick was impounded.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Cinco de Ruido
May 5, 2008, 7 AM
A grey Dodge Intrepid was impounded after being stopped in the 2400 block of Lombard for being too loud. Driver Raul Villalobos, 17, of Cicero, received the $500 noise-violation ticket.
1:16 PM
Police stopped a Chevy Trailblazer at Cermak and Scoville for noise. The SUV was impounded. Driver Rafael Ortega, 22, of the 5200 block of south Sawyer, Chicago, got the ticket.
2:34 PM
At 26th and Ridgeland, a red Ford Explorer was stopped for violating the noise ordinance. Driver Fernando Plascencia, 28, of the 2700 block of south Harding, Chicago, got the ticket and the Ford was impounded.
3:11 PM
In the 6700 block of 16th, police stopped a loud Honda Accord driven by a man with no license. The car was impounded, and driver Oscar Lazaro, 25, of the 1600 block of Wisconsin, was cited for both offenses.
3:20 PM
At 15th and Clarence, a police lieutenant stopped and impounded a Buick sedan for noise. 18-year-old Jesus Magallanes, 18, of the 1500 block of Wenonah, received tickets for noise, tinted license plate covers and driving without a license.
4:34 PM
Two officers stopped a too-loud Dodge Durango at 23rd and Ridgeland. They impounded the SUV and wrote tickets for noise, no insurance and driving despite a license expired more than a year ago to driver Nestor Gutierrez, 22, of the 2200 block of Ridgeland.
5:22 PM
Police reported they stopped a Mercury minivan when they heard it emitting excessive bass in the 2400 block of Cuyler. Tickets for noise and no seat belt went to driver Humberto Medrano, 18, of Cicero; the minivan was impounded.
8:34 PM
A black Saturn sedan was pulled over at 16th and Wesley for noise. Driver Juan A. Garcia, 18, of the 3900 block of Oak Park Avenue, Stickney, received a noise violation ticket, and the car was impounded.
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Friday, May 09, 2008
Perhaps they thought it would be a good day to drive through Berwyn playing loud music
May 4, 2008
...but they were quite mistaken. Every one of the cars in the following stops was impounded for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance.
11:38 AM
Police stopped a black Chrysler 300 because its music could be heard over 125 feet away in the 6600 through 7100 blocks of Cermak. Driver Giovanni F. Herrera, 21, of Melrose Park, received the $500 noise ticket.
1:08 PM
People more than 200 feet away from a black Cadillac Escalade were forced to listen to its stereo until police stepped in and stopped the SUV in the 6200 block of Cermak. Driver Ricardo Vallodolid, 22, of Bolingbrook, got the $500 ticket.
1:47 PM
Police could hear a blue Chrysler Sebring 200 feet away, and pulled the car over in the 6400 block of Cermak. Driver Lewis A. jemison, 25, of the 3700 block of west Cermak, Chicago, had a suspended license. He was charged with both offenses.
2:12 PM
A Berwyn police division commander stopped a too-loud black Chevy truck in the 6600 block of Ogden. Driver Kelvin Acosta, 17, of Cicero, was cited for that as well as for failing to secure passengers—children under age 8—in appropriate safety seats.
2:46 PM
A police lieutenant stopped a blue Suburban, per Berwyn’s zero-tolerance policy for noise offenders, at Harlem and 34th. Driver Keith Spence, 34, of the 7000 block of 40th, Stickney, got the noise ticket.
4:14 PM
A purple Chevy Cavalier was pulled over at 16th and Grove for noise. Driver Jose A. Salas-Medrano, 25, of the 1500 block of Clinton, was unable to produce the license and insurance requested by the officer, instead displaying a Mexican ID. He was cited for noise and driving unlicensed.
5:20 PM
A purple Dodge Caravan, stopped for noise at Cermak and Ridgeland, had an unlicensed driver. 19-year-old Jorge Orozco of Cicero was cited for both violations.
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Noise impoundment
May 3, 2008, 11:35 AM
A 19-year-old Cicero man’s Mitsubishi Galant was impounded for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. Driver Romel Maldonado received the $500 noise ticket as well as a ticket for driving without a license; the stop was made at Cermak and Elmwood.
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Bar noise gets owner ticketed
May 3, 2008, 12:09 AM
An officer responding to complaints of loud noise from a bar could hear it 75 feet away from Bootlegs, 2719 Ridgeland. Owner Christopher Circelli, 38, of Plainfield, received a citation for the disturbance.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Impounded for excessive noise
May 2, 2008, 3:59 PM
Police in the 6400 block of 26th stopped a blue Chevy Impala for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. The car was impounded. The $500 ticket went to driver John A. Alvarado, 29, of the 2500 block of Scoville.
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Monday, May 05, 2008
Factory-installed radio plenty capable of making enough noise to violate local ordinance
May 1, 2008, 1:51 PM
Police stopped a Nissan in the 6500 block of Cermak because its radio was loud enough to be heard more than 75 feet away. Driver Issac Negron, 26, of the 2300 block of Harvey, told police he did have his music loud, but believed that the law only applied to after-market sound systems. The car was impounded, and the driver cited for noise.
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Sunday, May 04, 2008
Noise violation
April 30, 2008, 3:33 PM
An officer heard a loud Honda Civic in the 6900 block of Cermak and impounded the car. Driver Jason <. Szwarc, 23, of Lyons, was cited for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance.
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
Lyons teen manages to get two $500 noise tickets in two days
April 27, 2008, 5:18 PM
An officer stopped a blue Chevy in the 2300 block of Harlem for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. The driver was told to pull into Cermak Plaza, out of traffic. The Chevy pulled alongside a white Camry, and the officer observed the drivers of both Camry and Chevy touch hands as he got out of the squad car. Chevy driver Geraldo Monarrez, 17, of Lyons, grew upset during the stop, and failed to comply with police instructions to stay out of traffic lanes. He was handcuffed for his own and officer safety until he was issued tickets for no seat belt and for excessive noise, and until his parents arrived on the scene. The car was impounded. Just two days earlier, Monarrez received another $500 noise violation ticket in Berwyn, and the car he drove was impounded during that incident, also:
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Too many names, too many stories and too much noise
April 27, 2008, 1:49 PM
While at 16th and Wesley, an officer could hear a gold Dodge Intrepid from a distance of 200 feet. When asked to show his license and proof of insurance, driver Jose S. Sanchez of Forest Park was able to show insurance but only had a Mexican driver’s license. That license was in the name “Jose Socorro Sanchez Quinonez. He said he had lived at the Forest Park address for a year. But when asked whether he had an Illinois license yet, Sanchez said no, because he was only visiting and had been here three to four months. Fingerprints told a third story: they came back to the original name, Jose S. Sanchez, but with a different birthday than the driver originally provided. A check of that name showed Sanchez did not have a valid license, as well as a previous arrest by Berwyn police for driving unlicensed three years earlier. He was cited for driving unlicensed and for violating the noise ordinance. Police impounded the Intrepid for the latter offense.
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Loud cars exiled to silent wait in tow yard
April 26, 2008, 10:49 AM
A Buick sedan so loud it could be heard 125 feet away as it drove from the 6600 through 6400 blocks of Cermak was stopped and impounded by police. Driver Alejandro Morin, 28, of Hillside, received the $500 ticket for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance.
6:30 PM
A red Plymouth Breeze, even louder than the above, was stopped after excessive noise in the 3000 through 2600 blocks of Oak Park Avenue. Police impounded the car and gave a noise citation to driver Jose C. Guzman of Stickney. Guzman was also charged with driving on a suspended license.
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Lyons, Berwyn drivers fined for noisy cars
April 25, 2008, 9:47 AM
A blue Chevy Impala, audible over 200 feet away, was heard by police in the 2200 block of Harvey, then the 6200 and 6300 blocks of Cermak. The car was impounded, and the $500 ticket issued to driver Geraldo Monarrez, 17, of Lyons.
11:34 AM
Police gave a noise violation ticket to Roosevelt Cathey, 51, of the 1900 block of Euclid, after stopping his silver Cadillac Deville in the 1800 block of Oak Park Avenue. The Caddy was loud enough to be heard over 100 feet away, in excess of the 75 feet necessary to be in violation of the ordinance.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Chicago, Cicero drivers ticketed, loud cars impounded
April 24, 2008, 1:30 PM
A black Impala was stopped for excessive noise at Cermak and Scoville. Driver Samuel Rivas, 18, of the 2300 block of south Trumbull, Chicago, was cited for noise and for driving with no license. The Impala was impounded.
5:32 PM
An older Cadillac Eldorado got pulled over after playing its stereo so loudly, police could hear it 250 feet away in the 2900 through 2600 blocks of Oak Park Ave. 19-year-old Ezequiel Torres, of Cicero, was charged with violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance, and the Caddy was impounded.
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Out-of-town noisemakers earn Berwyn $2000
April 23, 2008, 5:32 AM
A black Chevy Cavalier in the 3600 block of Harlem could be heard 10 car-lengths away, so police stopped it. Driver Eddie W. Berrones, 29, of the 2500 block of north Nordica, Chicago, told police he had an after-market stereo/speaker system in the trunk, set to volume “7”, and stated that he did not believe it to be all that loud. He received a $500 noise-violation ticket, and the car was impounded. Police found a large subwoofer in the trunk.
9:43 AM
Police Chief William Kushner and other officers assisted in the stop of a too-loud Olds Delta 88 in the 2400 block of Oak Park Avenue. Forest Park resident Brandon Philips, 19, got the noise ticket, and the Olds was impounded.
5:54 PM
A maroon Caprice was stopped at Harlem and Ogden for violating Berwyn’s noise ordinance. Driver Maximino J. Rivera, Jr., 25, of Hinsdale, was cited for the offense and the car was impounded.
6:04 PM
A loud muffler got a maroon Monte Carlo stopped in the 1900 block of Home/Wenonah alley. Driver Eduardo Alfaro, 19, of Cicero, received two noise tickets and one for driving unlicensed. The Chevy was impounded.
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