Berwyn Police Blotter
Gang activity
Thursday, October 09, 2008
It’s happened before…
October 6, 2008, 9:41 PM
Recently. And at the same intersection*! A disturbance at 37th and Grove involved a drunken underage male from Lyons. Nobody was arrested, but a 22-year-old man from the 3600 block of Grove was accused by persons at the scene of providing alcohol to a minor.
*http://www.berwynpoliceblotter.com/index.php/site/comments/gang_loitering_calls_parolees_cited/
Disorderly conduct • Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Gang activity • Loitering • Miscellaneous • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Graffiti of the day
October 5, 2008, 11:03 AM
Three garages in the 1600 block of Oak Park/Euclid alley were found defaced with graffiti.
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Graffiti on business, garage
October 4, 2008, 7:46 AM
The rear door of a business in the 6200 block of 26th was defaced with graffiti.
11:51 AM
Someone scribbled on an overhead garage door in the 2500 block of Gunderson.
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Surly group inflicts late-night disturbance on neighbors, but won’t cooperate with cops
October 3, 2008, 11:38 PM
Police were dispatched to the 3200 block of Highland on reports of a fight in the street, involving a man in a red shirt. Police located three women and a man in a red shirt, all sitting on the steps of a house on the east side of the street. The man, age 23, said he was not involved, but the women were in a dispute with a group that already left.
The three women were, according to the report, “in disagreement about what had occurred” and “extremely uncooperative”. One woman, from the 2200 block of Gunderson, apparently had an ex-boyfriend whose new woman showed up to start a fight. The ex himself arrived in the company of a man who displayed a gun, then all fled the scene. The woman herself claimed to be unable to describe the gun and asked police, “can you just go away?”
Assault, battery • Disorderly conduct • Domestic • Gang activity • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Three gang members arrested after gun-display call
October 3, 2008, 8:05 PM
Seven officers were sent to Cermak and Clarence after calls of a disturbance involving a brown van and the possible display of a gun. The brown Chevy van was found at that intersection; Jonathan M. Rogers, 18, of Fairbury, was in the driver’s seat. Rogers’ name came back “armed and dangerous” and “gang member”; he also had a suspended license, so the van was impounded.
Two other men involved in the disturbance were detained in the Dunkin Donuts parking lot at Cermak and East. An off-duty Chicago police officer told Berwyn police he saw the disturbance, then saw men fleeing eastbound on Cermak carrying a tire iron and a chain. He detained the men and called Berwyn police.
Rogers was charged with driving on a suspended license and without insurance. The other two men, both self-admitted gang members, were Miguel A. Rcio, 18, of 1310 Maple, and Marcelo Cruz, 21, of 2347 Clarence. Cruz was charged with reckless conduct. Rico was charged with reckless conduct and permitting an unauthorized person to drive.
Disorderly conduct • Gang activity • Main Street • Suspicious people, objects or events • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Lots of gang graffiti found
October 3, 2008, 2:41 PM
In the 7100 block of Ogden, police found graffiti etched on glass on a business. Five overhead garage doors were defaced with gang graffiti; one in the 1900 block of Kenilworth, two in the 2400 block of East, one in the 2400 block of Clarence and one in the 2400 block of Scoville.
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Sunday, October 05, 2008
Gang graffiti roundup
October 2, 2008, 2:39 AM
Graffiti touting a local street gang was drawn on the east wall of a building in the 7000 block of Cermak. More of the same was placed on the overhead garage door of a residence in the 1900 block of Kenilworth.
12:15 PM
Someone put gang graffiti on a garage door in the 2400 block of Scoville.
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Friday, October 03, 2008
Gang graffiti roundup
October 1, 2008, 8 AM
Graffiti was found on an overhead garage door in the 2700 block of Grove. In the 1500 block of Kenilworth, someone wrote gang graffiti on a garage door, as did someone in the 6500 block of 26th.
6:22 PM
In the tunnel at Home and IC tracks, in the 2800 block of Home, vandals drew gang symbols and graffiti.
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Gang graffiti
September 30, 2008, 6:45 PM
Gang graffiti was found on a garage door in the 6800 block of 30th Place; on a fence in the 1500 block of Kenilworth; on a garage door in the 2800 block of Harvey, and on property in the 1500 block of Home.
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Gang-related gas station fight involved hammer
September 30, 2008, 6:13 PM
Police were dispatched to a 26th and Ridgeland gas station, on reports of a fight involving a hammer. Police recovered the hammer. The altercation apparently involved an exchange of words and “gang representation”—presumably the shouting of gang slogans. Four involved men were located in the 2500 block of Cuyler; all four were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. They were Julian M. Alejandro, 17, of 6401 23rd; Nicholas M. Alejandro, 30, of the same address; Adrian Jimenez, 17, of 2303 block of Clinton; and Jonathan Perez, 21, of 7117 Riverside Drive. During the booking process, tactical officers added the four men’s names and information the department’s gang files.
Disorderly conduct • Fight/brawl/riot • Gang activity • Suspicious people, objects or events • Weapons-related • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Fight involved gang slogans, unfair odds
September 29, 2008, 11:01 PM
Called to a fight at the Harlem/Roosevelt Shell station, police entered the alley behind the 7100 block of Roosevelt and spoke with a 28-year-old man from the 1200 block of Wenonah. He told police he went to the gas station store for beer when a man dressed in black began to talk to him “like he knew me”. But when the beer-buyer left the store, he said, a second man screamed gang slogans at him (one, apparently was [street number] m@!%#^f^@$#r! The victim said he responded to this by telling the screaming man to “shut the f^@$ up”, adding that he “don’t gang bang”. Next, the screaming man’s friends—including the chatty fellow from inside the store—exited a white Buick and began to fight with the victim; police could see a cut on the victim’s head.
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Vandals write on van
September 29, 2008, 6:08 PM
Graffiti was found on a work van parked in the alley behind the 6600 block of 26th.
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Work van defaced
September 28, 2008, 4:31 PM
In the 2400 block of Clarence, someone used a red marker to write “BITCH” on a white Ford work van.
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Gang graffiti
September 26, 2008, 10:25 AM
Gang graffiti was found on two garage doors in the 3500 block of Scoville. More graffiti was located at the Metra station at Harlem and Windsor.
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Parolees cited after gang loitering complaints
September 25, 2008, 3:05 PM
WEDGE Task Force officers in the 1900 block of Harvey noticed a man loitering by a residence. He had already been advised not to loiter there because of many complaints of gang and drug activity nearby, and because of recent gang violence. Police learned Jose A. Rodriguez, 20, of the 1800 block of Harvey, was currently on parole. He was charged with loitering.
5:13 PM
Answering a complaint about gang loitering at 37th and Grove, police located a group and recognized one man as a gang member. The man’s breath smelled to police of alcohol. Underage 18-year-old Keith A. Bryson of Lyons stated he had consumed a few beers. Bryson, who is on parole, was arrested and charged with unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor.
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