Berwyn Police Blotter
Gang activity
Saturday, March 06, 2010
The gang that threw like girls
March 1, 2010, 11:009 PM
A man in the 1500 block of Oak Park reported someone threw a brick at a second-story window of his house; the brick, however, bounced harmlessly off the window, causing no damage. The victim reported the feebly-flung-brick incident followed yelling by two persons in black hoodies and blue jeans; the yelling consisted of slogans dissing one street gang and declaring allegiance to a locally-active one known by a two-digit moniker and a penchant for graffiti on sundry items of other people’s property.
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Graffiti/vandalism roundup
March 1, 2010, 1:40 AM
Graffiti was left on a garbage can in the 1400 block of Wisconsin, as well as on a trailer parked in the 1300 block of Highland.
5:26 PM
Someone broke a basement window and a dryer vent on the side of a house in the 2500 block of Grove.
March 2, 2010, 11 AM
An overhead garage door in the 1600 block of Oak Park was marred with graffiti. More graffiti was left on properties in the 1400 block of Highland and the 6300 block of 15th.
March 3, 2010, 2:03 AM
Gang graffiti was left on a wall in the 2200 block of Clarence.
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Little bit of everything
Public intoxication at McDonald’s
January 28, 2010, 2:47 PM
Roger T. Dziadkowiec, 56, of Chicago, was expelled from McDonalds on Ridgeland and Cermak for intoxication. Police reportedly collected him on the sidewalk outside in possession of an open bottle of vodka.
Car stereo stolen
January 28, 2010, 4:11 PM
Someone broke a passenger-side window of a white Honda Civic in the 2400 block of Highland and helped himself to a Pioneer CD player.
Pry, but you can’t get in
January 28, 2010, 4:52 PM
Residents discovered pry marks on the front door of an apartment building in the 6500 block of 28th St.
Five-year-old calls 911 a bunch of times
January 29th, 2010, 8:57 AM
Police ended up breaking a window to enter a building in the 1800 block of Oak Park after a series of abandoned 911 emergency calls. When dispatchers returned the call, they heard only “heavy breathing.” A father told police his five-year-old was playing with the telephone.
Alley ordinance nets career criminal
January 29, 2010, 12:48 PM
Police observed a white Ford Econoline illegally traveling up and down the alleys near Oak Park and Cermak. “I’m just looking for wood to build a ramp. I’m a cripple,” the driver explained to police. Joseph Q. Decellis, 53, of the 1600 block of 16th St, was found to have an extensive criminal record with over 51 prior arrests for offenses involving sexual assault, burglary, weapons, larceny and dangerous drugs. He was charged with driving on a revoked license, uninsured vehicle and illegal alley traffic. His van was impounded.
Burglary attempted, abandoned
A woman in the 2100 block of Highland thought she was having a break-in when she heard a loud bang and footsteps on her back stairs. Police found no one, but the doorjamb was damaged.
“ComEd guy” scam
January 29-30, 2010, 2:43 PM; 8:06 PM,
Three elderly victims called police after a series of failed gypsy scams involving men in work-jackets masquerading as ComEd employees. In all three instances, the men – alone or in a pair—talked their way into the residence by saying electrical work was being done in the neighborhood. The scammers’ told the “customers” that they were “owed a $50 credit.” The phony employees then offered the refund immediately in cash saying, “I can give you a hundred dollar bill right now if you have $50 change.” The scams occurred in the 3800 block of Kenilworth, the 1200 block of Kenilworth and 1200 block of Oak Park. All victims were over 70 years old. The men were described as a male white 35-40 years old, medium build, with brown hair in a blue work jacket and skull cap and a heavy-set Hispanic male, with a goatee wearing a beige work coat and a dark knit cap.
New TV-free lifestyle not ok with roommate
January 29, 2010, 6:15 PM
Police were summoned for a domestic disturbance over a television in the 3600 block of Oak Park. A 50-year-old woman told her 47-year-old male roommate that her therapist had recommended that she limit the amount of TV she watched. According to police: “Because [her] therapist made such a recommendation to her, she attempted to limit her roommate’s viewing habits as well. Her attempt greatly upset [the roommate] who verbally threatened her and told her to get away before something happened.” No charges were filed.
Charity box stolen by job hopefuls
January 29, 2010, 6:37 PM
The Taco bell clerk remembered the man with the tear tattoos on his face—and his female accomplice—because they stole the plastic charity change box from the countertop in the 6900 block of Ogden. She told police the pairapplied for jobs there earlier in the week. She gave police their job applications, listing their address at a nearby hotel.
Neighbor beaten with baseball bats
January 30, 2010, 12:03 PM
Neighbors saw a man beaten by two men in ski masks in front of his home in the 1500 block of Wenonah and ran out to help. Despite the man’s requests to keep the incident quiet, the neighbors called police, who found him on his porch, bleeding from the head. The man allegedly would not allow the cops inside his home, citing dogs. When taken to MacNeal Hospital for treatment, he told police the assailants demanded the keys to his old Toyota T-100 pickup and then beat him and drove off in a newer model silver van. He allegedly told doctors he had “fallen down the stairs.”
Maintenance man fails to sell church’s stolen snow-blower
January 30, 2010
A woman at Berwyn Baptist Church called police after witnesses reported a man fitting the description of the church maintenance man walking down the 3400 block of Clinton with a large green auger-type snow blower. The LawnBoy 824e Electric Start had been removed from an unlocked storage shed at the church. Carmen Contreras, 47, of the 7100 block of Windsor, allegedly admitted to police that he had “sold the slow blower for $10 to a guy named Jose” whom he met at the nearby Connie’s restaurant. Police recovered the machine near the restaurant, where witnesses told them Jose had “left on a Pace bus.” The church did not press charges for burglary, but Contreras was charged with criminal trespass to property.
Pot in pocket
January 30, 2010, 5:15 PM
Police charged Jose Evans, 26, of the 2400 block of East Avenue in Berwyn, with alleged possession of a bag with 4.9 grams of cannabis. Evans paid a $175 fine.
DUI driver wets herself
February 1, 2010, 2:27 AM
Renee Terry, 40, of Fairbury, Ill. was charged with DUI after police allegedly saw her silver 2010 Ford Windstar veer across the yellow line on 16th St. She allegedly told police that she had been visiting her mother in the hospital and had left her drivers license at home. When she urinated in her pants during field sobriety tests, she explained that she was “nervous.” She was charged with driving with license suspended, DUI and driving with an open jug of beer in the car.
Loud car flees dangerously
February 1, 2010, 7:41 AM
Felipe Lira, 27, of Cicero, fled police after passing a squad car with radio blaring. Pursued by cop cars, he allegedly blew through stop signs at 25th St. and 61st Ct. then proceeded, “at a high rate of speed with no regard to school children walking in the area or the general public.” When stopped after speeding at more than 40 miles per hour, he allegedly told police, “I’m sorry. Did you stop me for my music?” He was charged with loud music, fleeing and attempting to elude arrest, reckless driving, speeding, and disregarding stop signs. His 2001 white Cadillac Deville was impounded.
Car radio gone
February 1, 2010
Neighbors saw three men break the window of a red 1994 Acura in the 2300 block of Lombard and take a stereo system. They allegedly told police the men fled into Cicero.
Clippin’ Critters vandalized
February 1, 2010, 7:35 AM
A picture window was shattered in a dog grooming business in the 6400 block of 34th St.
-- J. Lehane
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Reckless sign-throwing
January 12, 2010, 3:04 PM
A complaint of two males chasing other males while making gang-related gestures and yelling gang slogans near Jefferson elementary school in the 7000 block of 16th brought police to the area. Witnesses said the offenders then entered a Ford Crown Victoria with temporary plates and fled westbound. The Crown Vic was found at 16th and Harlem, along with the two males in question. Police arrested Ariel Mijanos, 18, of 2529 Elmwood, and Jesse Manrique, 18, of 2118 Wenonah; both were charged with reckless conduct.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Gang graffiti left on multiple properties
January 3, 2010. 1:53 AM
Graffiti was left on a garage door in the 1300 block of Wesley. More of the same—this, promoting a street gang whose name translates from Spanish as “The Race”—was scribbled on a garage in the 1500 block of Kenilworth. A garage door in the 1300 block of Clarence and a wall in the 1200 block of Oak Park were similarly defaced.
Very large graffiti—from 3 x 4 feet to 4 x 10 feet—was drawn with black marker on five garages in the 2200 block of East. More was found in the 6500 block of Cermak. Two more properties were defaced in the 3500 block of Highland, along with one in the 3500 block of Cuyler.
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
Paintball hit, graffiti and gang-house vandalism
December 31, 2009, 8:37 AM
A 52-year-old man told police that, on December 30th at 5 PM, he had just left his workplace in the 6700 block of Ogden when he was shot in the chest. Someone in a white SUV, he said, shot him with an orange paintball. Orange paint was also found on a door of the business.
8:22 PM
Gang graffiti was found on four properties in the 1400 block of Highland/Cuyler alley.
11:32 PM
Police were sent to a residence in the 1900 block of Kenilworth, where a 51-year-old woman told them someone had tossed a brick through her living room window. The brick and a lot of broken glass lay on the floor. When asked who did it, the woman stated she had no idea. However, the victim’s address was known to police for gang activity. When questioned about that fact, the report said, the victim became defensive and refused to cooperate.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Alley full of graffiti, broken window
December 18, 2009, 7:33 AM
Six garages in the 2400 block of Scoville were defaced with gang graffiti.
10:20 AM
A Ford SUV was found with a broken window in the 3100 block of Oak Park Avenue.
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Gang graffiti
December 17, 2009, 1:36 AM
Green gang graffiti was found in the 1800 block of Cuyler, as well as in the 6400 block of Roosevelt.
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Hoe—and I really mean it
December 16, 2009, 4:26 AM
A police officer in the 2100 block of Lombard observed graffiti on a garage door, done in silver spray paint. The graffiti read, “F^@% YOU HOE” with “HOE” underline three times.
Another garage, in the 1900 block of Highland, was found defaced with gang graffiti.
3:59 PM
Someone sprayed a word in green paint onto a garage door in the 1300 block of Cuyler.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Gang graffiti
December 12, 2009, 2:58 AM
Police saw gang scribbles on two garages in the 1800 block of Oak Park and on one in the 1800 block of Euclid.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Graffiti and broken windows
December 10, 2:29 AM
Purple graffiti was sprayed on a garage in the 1900 block of Ridgeland. More was located in the 1900 block of Gunderson, along with broken first and second floor windows at that location.
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Brick-wielding ‘bangers
December 9, 2009, 3:36 PM
A caller reported a man in a T-shirt being chasd by a group of guys wielding bricks near Elmwood and 25th. Police located a man with an injured head at Clarence and 25th. The 23-year-old victim said he was walking when a male in a white skullcap, beige sweater, black pants and gym shoes approached and stated the name of a locally active street gang. When the victim told the stranger he was not a member of that gang, a fight began, and soon four to five more men ran up and began battering the victim in the head and body. The victim said the attackers also stole his cell phone, cigarettes and $45 cash.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Graffiti glut
November 8, 2009, 12:22 AM
Six city blocks were found defaced with gang graffiti done by a locally active street gang; 32 properties in all were found with red and black gang symbols. Witnesses saw two males spraying the garages; they were described as male Hispanics in their late teens. The blocks in question were the 1600 blocks of Maple, Wisconsin and Wenonah, the 1800 blocks of Maple and Wisconsin, and the 7100 block of 16th.
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Monday, October 26, 2009
Really poor aim
October 19, 2009, 8:36 PM
Callers reported hearing shots fired in the 6400 block of 16th, upon which, they said, multiple male teens fled in different directions. Witnesses told officers two groups of male Hispanic teens fought on the block. Police recovered seven shell casings. The victim, a 19-year-old male with a streetgang name of “Casper”, was later located at Loyola medical center with a gunshot wound that traveled in one side of his left leg and out the other. The victim told police he and three companions were driving in Cicero around 6 PM when they pulled in front of a house on 59th* “near Paisan’s” and asked the males they encountered there whether they “gangbang”. The victim said the subjects responded to the inquiry by throwing a bottle at the car and yelling the slogan of a well-known street gang. Two hours later, while westbound on 16th, the victim and his companions spotted the same teens they had seen earlier, so they stopped to confront them. A fight began, during which one teen pulled out a gun and fired six to seven shots, only one of which struck the victim. The shooter was described as male Hispanic with shoulder-length hair, a black hoodie, and a gold baseball cap bearing New York Yankees symbols.
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Painted fingers
October 19, 2009, 12:46 AM
A woman told police she saw a man spraying graffiti onto a garage in the 7000 block of 16th; another resident stated a man on a bicyclle, yelling gang slogans and the phrase “Ghost Face!” had just left the area. Police found a man matching the witnesses’ description and bearing gold, still-wet, spray paint on both hands. Jesse Manrique, 18, of 2118 Wenonah, was charged with criminal damage to property.
11:23 AM
In the 2300 block of Hihland, gang graffiti was left on an overhead garage door. More graffiti was found in the pedestrian tunnel at Ridgeland and 31st.
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