Berwyn Police Blotter
Drugs, alcohol, DUI
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Minors in bar, noise, result in tickets for 26th St. establishment
May 17, 2008, 1::16 AM
A police sergeant patrolling across the street from Berwyn’s city hall heard loud music coming out of El Pescador restaurant, 6713 26th. Two more officers joined him; they saw males and females, who looked underage, attempting to leave. Police learned they were 17-year-olds. Officers spoke with a DJ, Evangelina Davis, 32, of Chicago. After turning down the volume at police request, Davis stated she was contracted by “Club Dulce"*** for an event for people under age 21. When police asked where “Club Dulce” was, she said, “This place”. The sergeant spoke with owner Leticia Montano, 24, of Cicero, and advised her of calls complaining of noise. She was cited for the noise violation, having minors present in a dram shop*, and for hosting an event for minors where alcohol is served.**
From the Berwyn city code:
*804.27 SALE OF ALCOHOL TO AND POSSESSION BY MINORS.
(e) No holder of a retail liquor dealer’s license, as provided for in this chapter, or his or her agent or employee, shall suffer or permit a person younger than twenty-one years of age to be or remain in any room or compartment adjoining or adjacent to or situated in the room or place where such licensed premises are located. This subsection does not apply to a person younger than twenty-one years of age who is accompanied by his or her parent or guardian, or to any licensed premises on which the principal business is the sale of services or other commodities other than alcoholic liquor.
**
804.30 PROMOTIONAL OR SPECIAL EVENTS; PERSONS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE.
No licensed premises, or any room or building adjoining such licensed premises, may be used to conduct any meeting, party, social or other type of similar event, including, but not limited to, so-called “juice bar” promotions, at which persons under the age of twenty-one years will be present and not in the company of a parent or guardian.
***
http://www.clubdulce.com/dulce
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Powerful drug found after stop of suspicious van
May 16, 2008, 8:30 PM
Callers reported a suspicious white van in the 6700 block of Ogden, with two women and a man inside. When the responding officer activated the lights on his marked squad car, the van went in reverse, then stopped. When he asked driver Irma Villalobos, 41, of Burbank, to show her license and registration, she stared in a confused manner. When asked a second time, the driver gazed to her right, then back at the officer. Villalobos had a suspended license and appeared intoxicated. The van was impounded and she was taken into custody. In the lockup, a search of her person by a female officer recovered a brown vial inside Villalobos’s bra. When opened, the vial emitted a strong odor police recognized as that of liquid phencyclidine or “PCP”; the contents later tested positive for the substance.* Villalobos was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance, as well as DUI, driving on a suspended license and driving without insurance.
*
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/pcp.html
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
DUI arrest for West Chicago man
May 16, 2008, 1:20 AM
An officer at 15th and Harlem noticed a green Chevy Cavalier because it was parked on a sidewalk. The two occupants were asleep in the front seats. The vehicle bore Illinois dealer plate 4360 B. The officer opened the driver’s door, saw the key was still in the ignition, smelled a strong alcoholic odor, and woke driver Juan Alcantara, 42, of West Chicago. When asked to show his driver’s license, Alcantara instead showed an Illinois state ID. The officer asked again; Alcantara was unable to locate the license and just handed the officer his wallet. The officer pointed out the license to Alcantara and requested that he remove it. A similar routine applied to the insurance card. Alcantara told the officer he and the woman had been at Lalo’s restaurant. Asked why he parked on the sidewalk, Alcantara told police officer the woman --a 29-year-old resident of Milwaukee—felt sick, so they stopped and fell aleep. The woman woke and appeared highly intoxicated. When asked whether she knew where she was, she initially stated “Chicago.” When told that was incorrect, she guessed “Lisle” and then “Milwaukee”. An ambulance was summoned for her. Alcantara had a blood alcohol level of 0.136, in excess of the legal limit of .08. He was charged with DUI, no insurance and driving on the sidewalk.
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Market research conducted at Walgreen’s, bus stop
May 15, 2008, 5:15 PM
A police sergeant came to Cermak Plaza after callers reported a man selling marijuana to people in Walgreen’s and at the 23rd and Harlem bus stop. He found a man matching the description given to dispatchers; the man said he “knew who called” and stated that he was asking people if they wanted to buy weed. He added that he was merely trying to get an idea of how many people that might be. The man said he had no weed on him, and gave permission for a search of his person. During the search, the sergeant located a hard eyeglass case in the man’s pocket. In the case were three clear baggies containing a total of 2.1 grams of marijuana. After this discovery, the man—19-year-old Tyrone L. Bennett, 19, of the 1500 block of south Trumbull, Chicago—stated he was just going to sell the baggies because he was “bored.” Bennett was charged with possession and unlawful delivery of marijuana.
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Landlady’s husband in doghouse
May 15, 2008, 2008, 1:14 PM
A 41-year-old man married to the owner of a building in the 1800 block of Gunderson was accused of getting into a tenant’s belongings. The tenant told police she found the intoxicated man going through her stuff, so she said “Get out!” and he did. When the landlady arrived, she stated she intended to divorce the man because of his drinking, and she assured the tenant this would not happen again. The drunken man was gone before police arrived.
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Passed out in el baño
May 11, 2008, 2:33 AM
Police came to La Quinta, 6435 Cermak when alerted to a 26-year-old woman passed out on the bathroom floor. The woman, a resident of the 3800 block of west 79th Place, Chicago, was treated at MacNeal Hospital.
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Paraphernalia palmed
May 9, 2008, 6:30 PM
An officer recognized two men and a woman, who were standing in the street in the 1800 block of Gunderson, and asked what was up. The woman, a block resident, said they were just talking to one of the men because he was leaving. The officer noticed the other man—44-year-old Jim A. Bralis of Plainfield—was “cupping” his left hand. When asked about it, Bralis showed the item in his hand: a glass pipe with copper screening of the type commonly used to smoke crack cocaine. Bralis was arrested and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Friday, May 09, 2008
False fire alarm at Fitzgerald’s flat reveals Oak Park, River Forest minors with beer
May 4, 2008, 1:18 AM
Police spoke with the manager of Fitzgerald’s nightclub, 6615 Roosevelt, when they responded to a fire alarm. The manager told them the alarm keypad showed it had been activated in the second floor dining room, which also contained an apartment. Police went to the flat and were met by 18-year-old Sean A. Cullen of the 600 block of Jackson Boulevard, Oak Park. Cullen reportedly told them everything was fine and permitted them to enter. Inside the apartment were three other males. A table in the room held several cups of beer. All four men admitted drinking alcohol in the apartment. Tickets for possession of alcohol by a minor were issued to Cullen; to 19-year-old Erik B. Mikelson of the 900 block of Hayes, Oak Park; to Matthew Coughlin, 19, of River Forest; and to Matthew J. Enloe, 19, of the 800 block of Lombard, Oak Park.
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Thursday, May 08, 2008
Suspicious car contained open alcohol, minors, and not one resident of that block
May 3, 2008, 11:17 PM
Police saw a suspicious vehicle in the 2100 block of Grove/Kenilworth alley, which appeared to have no license plates. Approaching the maroon Mercury Marquis, the officer saw the plates were improperly displayed in the front and rear windshields. All four occupants held open bottles of MGD beer. The driver, 21-year-old Julius M. Rivera of the 3900 block of west 106th St, Chicago, was charged with illegal transportation of open alcohol and improper display of registration. Jose Carillo, 19, of Cicero; Orlando C. Morales, 20, of the 7100 block of Windsor, and Justin D. Cumpian, 19, of the 11000 block of south Artesian, Chicago, each received a ticket for possession of alcohol by a minor. Because the alcohol charges, the car was impounded.
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Fleeing man charged with pot possession
May 3, 2008, 4:10 PM
An officer saw two males standing at the opening of the Grove/Kenilworth alley at 21st, and asked the pair if everything was ok. One man fled on foot, heading east on 21st. He was quickly found in a gangway in the 1900 block of Grove by another officer. A check of his name revealed an active North Riverside arrest warrant. The other man, an 18-year-old from the 1900 block of Oak Park, was cleared and released. Once in booking, the captured man was found to be wearing two pairs of pants at the same time. From the interior pair of pants, police recovered 15 clear baggies of marijuana, totaling 10.7 grams. Gerard A. Pierce, 17, of the 1300 block of Home, was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession. Because of the warrant, North Riverside was notified of his presence in the lockup .
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Narcotics investigation in Berwyn recovers thousands of dollars from suspicious vehicle
May 2, 2008, 5:28 PM
A Berwyn officer assisted Cook County Sheriff’s deputies with a traffic stop. The targeted vehicle had been seen parked in the Guadalajara restaurant lot at Ogden and Harlem, then headed south on Harlem to 39th, where it was stopped. The male driver was arrested by deputies for traffic violations. Two other male occupants were taken into custody by deputies as part of a narcotics investigation. Police found $10,000 in cash in the vehicle.
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Monday, May 05, 2008
Vehicle strikes intoxicated pedestrian
May 1, 2008, 11:20 PM
An officer responding to a car vs. pedestrian accident found a woman lying semiconscious in the middle of the 6300 block of 26th St. Witnesses and the driver of the vehicle, a Cicero man, said the woman was walking a dog when she fell. He and witnesses said he swerved to avoid her but may have struck her foot. The victim’s dog was recovered. The driver passed all field sobriety tests, blew a .000 on the Breathalyzer, and was cited for driving unlicensed and failing to yield to a pedestrian.
The victim—a 45-year-old Cicero woman—had a blood alcohol level of .263, more than three times the legal limit.
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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.
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Blown stop, marijuana bags
April 26, 2008, 6:44 PM
An officer at 15th and Ridgeland saw a maroon GMC Envoy disregard the stop sign at the intersection, so he stopped the SUV. A smell of marijuana issued from the driver’s window. Driver Fabian J. Smith, 26, of the 1000 block of north Lawler, Chicago, told the officer, “I got some weed under the seat.” Police recovered two plastic baggies of suspected marijuana from the vehicle. A check of Smith’s name showed his license had been revoked. He was charged with disregarding the stop sign, driving uninsured and driving despite the revoked license. He also received a $300 ticket for possession of 10 to 20 grams of marijuana.
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Police shut down drug paraphernalia sales at gas station
April 25, 2008, 12:56 PM
Following a tip, police entered the store at the BP-Amoco gas station in the 3800 block of Harlem, where they found several glass pipes and digital scales on display at the front counter. Police informed the manager and the clerk that the store was temporarily closed.
Among the items recovered by police were the following:
- nine digital scales
- two glass water pipes
- two packages of small, clear plastic baggies
- 19 metal pipe keychains
The clerk, employed there for two months, said the items have been for sale the entire time she has worked at the store. Manager and clerk both said they thought the items were tobacco-related and acceptable to sell to anyone 18 or older. The investigation continues.
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