Berwyn Police Blotter
Gang activity
Friday, February 29, 2008
Street fight
February 23, 2008, 2:46 AM
If you live near Highland and 26th, and wonder who was involved in a recent large street fight, keep wondering—the two guys police caught have nothing to say. The lights and sirens of responding police caused the belligerents—who were were yelling, pushing and fighting in the middle of the intersection—to disperse in all directions like cockroaches. Officers stopped two men they recognized as local gang members: a 30-year-old man and his 27-year-old brother, both of the 2700 block of Clarence. Neither would cooperate, nor would they identify any of the others involved in the brawl.
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Graffiti of the day
February 20, 2008, 4:07 PM
A garage door in the 1200 block of Lombard was defaced with symbols, letters and digits believed to express the disdain—and, perhaps, a touch of jealousy?—of one street gang for an older, better-known one.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
It was as if an occult hand had reached down and tagged garages on six city blocks
February 15, 2008, 4:18 PM
A witness told police her yelling scared away two males she saw spray-painting a garage door in the 3600 block of Kenilworth. They used gold paint. They were described as male Hispanics, one in a black jacket with yellow sleeves, the other in a black jacket, with curly shoulder-length hair.
4:27 PM
Similar graffiti was found on nine more garages: two in the 3100 block of Grove, one each in the 3400 and 3500 blocks of Kenilworth, four in the 3100 block of Oak Park, and one in the 2900 block of Oak Park.
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Monday, February 18, 2008
Carving our initials in a tree? That’s old-school!
February 14, 2008, 3:21 AM
Gang symbols and letters defaced the side of a garage in the 2600 block of Highland.
7:51 PM
The dinner-time vandals strike again, this time in a festive mood: after tagging a garage door in the 2400 block of Elmwood with their signature red marker, they added “HAPPY V-DAY BITCH”.
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Brick house defaced
February 13, 2008, 3:07 PM
Gang graffiti was found written directly on a brick house in the 3000 block of Clarence.
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
Big, plain wall lures scribblers
February 12, 2008, 3:49 PM
Gang symbols, initials and other two-dimensional debris were found marring the back wall of the Public Storage building at 2801 Harlem.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Gang graffiti right on a house
February 9, 2008, 5:28 PM
Someone with blue spray paint drew graffiti directly on a brick house in the 1600 block of Ridgeland; the image was apparently intended to show contempt for a well-known street gang.
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Monday, February 11, 2008
Graffiti spree
February 7, 2008, 6:13 PM
Someone wrote his nickname on eight garages: two in the 2400 block of Gunderson, two in the 2300 block of Gunderson, two in the 2400 block of Elmwood, one in the 2200 block of Elmwood and one in the 2300 block of Elmwood.
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Gang graffiti
February 7, 2008, 8:49 AM
Yellow gang graffiti symbols were spray painted on a wooden entry door in the 7100 block of Stanley. More of the same type of thing was also found on two garage doors in the 2200 block of Lombard.
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Friday, February 08, 2008
Graffiti of the day
February 5, 2008, 4:22 AM
An officer spotted graffiti on the rear wall and doors of Lalo’s restaurant, 3011 Harlem.
3:48 PM
A gang proclaimed its silly-sounding name in black marker on a garage in the 1500 block of Scoville.
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Frightened gang member calls for help when rivals threaten to break window
February 5, 2008, 2:20 AM
A Berwyn detective received a call from an 18-year-old man from the 2500 block of East, complaining that he had received a disturbing call from a young man recently kicked out of his gang. The complainant said the young man and a friend of his admitted breaking one of the window’s on the complainant’s house, then threatened to come with a third gang member—a man with face tattoos, known to police—to “shoot up” the place. Finally, the complainant said, they were all standing outside as he spoke, asking which window he wanted broken. Responding officers found nobody.
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Vandalism to garages, car
February 3, 2008, 1:27 AM
An officer was dispatched to the 1500 block of Highland after someone called to report fresh graffiti. The caller said after the graffiti was applied, a light-colored minivan with only one tail light fled the alley and drove westbound on 16th. Two garages were marred with slogans and symbol of two gangs; the paint was still wet on one of them.
8:59 AM
In the 1400 block of Maple, a Chevy Caprice was found with a smashed windshield and front passenger window. The damage appeared to have been accomplished with a baseball bat.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Stickney men say gangbangers jumped them
January 26, 2008, 5:50 AM
Two Stickney men told police they were walking south on Oak Park Ave. toward Stickney, when a blue Sebring or Intrepid pulled up beside them. About six men in the car began to “represent” their gang, then attacked the Stickney residents. One victim dropped his cell phone during the attack; one of the offenders grabbed it and kept it. The other victim’s face was red and swollen; he told police he was struck several times. The victims described the offenders as Hispanic, wearing grey hoodies with dark coats over them.
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Suspicious-person stop seemed promising at first
January 26, 2008, 3:21 AM
Police noticed a man walking down the street dressed entirely in black, with a black bandanna over his mouth. The man identified himself; a computer check of his name revealed he is a member of a notorious Chicago street gang. A patdown showed him to be carrying a screwdriver in each pocket, a pair of knit gloves, and a pair of plastic gloves. The man told police he was fixing up his boss’s house in the 1800 block of Harvey, and living there while doing so. He said he was on his way home from 16th and Lombard. He was sent on his way.
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Dunkin’ disorderly
January 26, 2008, 12:31 AM
Police were dispatched on reports a man was walking near the Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru at Cermak and East, flashing gang signs and gesturing so as to suggest he was armed. Officers stopped the man, Edgar Núñez, 24, of the 2200 block of East; he appeared to police to be highly intoxicated. Núñez was issued a ticket for disorderly conduct, then escorted home.
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