Berwyn Police Blotter
Miscellaneous
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Tobacco-to-minors compliance check
October 26, 2007, 5:18 PM
Police checking to see that 21 local stores/bars were in compliance with tobacco laws sent a 16 and a 17-year-old boy into various places to attempt to purchase cigarettes. Only one place allowed it; a bartender at Alfonzie’s sports bar in the 3200 block of Harlem. She received a local ordinance ticket for tobacco sales to a minor.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Felony for off-records sex offender
October 21, 2007, 10:38 AM
Detectives checking the status of a registered sex offender in the 6600 block of Windsor learned that Illinois State Police had found the man in violation of his status. Russell D. Snodgrass, 43, moved to Berwyn in August but did not register since the move. He was charged with one felony count of unlawful failure to register as a sex offender.
Driveway-blocking
October 21, 2007, 9:12 AM
A blue Kia wagon was found parked so as to completely block a driveway in the 1500 block of Oak Park. The Kia, registered to Hugo Romero of the 4400 block of south Honore, Chicago, was towed away.
One killed, another mutilated
October 21, 2007, 8:29 AM
A caller told police someone cut down a tree on the parkway, and cut branches off another one, in the 1400 block of Wesley.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Glass didn’t break itself
October 18, 2007, 1:04 AM
Responding to a call of glass breaking in the 2700 block of Ridgeland, police spoke with witnesses who said it happened at Bootlegs bar, 2717 Ridgeland. They said a man walking past the bar punched a window with his hand, then fled on foot. Later, officers learned that two bar patrons had a dispute which spilled out front. The owner/manager of the bar was ticketed for failing to notify police of a disturbance on the premises.
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Chicagoan’s car removed for blocking drive
October 17, 2007, 2:15 AM
A grey Nissan Quest registered to Atzin Canales of the 2100 block of west Ohio, Chicago, was towed away after it was found parked so as to block a driveway in the 1800 block of Grove.
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Or, you could just answer the door
October 16, 2007, 5:50 AM
A man from the 1600 block of Scoville told police a guy stood on his front porch for half an hour at 5:30 AM, continuously ringing the doorbell. He said the stranger also pounded loudly on the door and windows, and rang him on his home phone. Finally, he said, the stranger removed mail from his mailbox and threw it onto the front steps. The complainant said he suspects the man is a process server from a Chicago law firm.
Party goes til dawn; hit-and-run last straw for neighbors
October 14, 2007, 5:35 AM
Callers reported a hit and run accident in the 2700 block of Wesley. Witnesses met with police, stating they heard a loud noise and came outside in time to see a white vehicle speeding away, leaving considerable damage to a parked Dodge van. Neighbors told the officers they believe the van was driven by someone coming from an extremely late (or early) party on the block. The owner of the party house was advised to keep the noise down.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Halloween tricks spoil display
October 9, 2007, 8:33 AM
A woman in the 2500 block of Scoville reported someone stole some of her Halloween decorations and left others damaged.
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Where she’s not supposed to be
October 8, 2007, 6:46 PM
A woman forbidden by an order of protection to be on that property was spotted looking out a window of the building in the 1800 block of Kenilworth. Police came, found her and arrested her for the violation.
Two more women allege fondling by doctor
October 8, 2007, 5:13 PM
A 37-year-old Cicero woman told police she went to Ricardo Arze, a doctor with an office in the 6900 block of Cermak, four or five times, the last time about a year ago. She said he locked the door of the exam room and fondled her. She also said there were no records of her visit, as she always paid in cash, and that she did not know why she never told anyone of the fondling before.
5:51 PM
A 22-year-old Chicago woman told police Arze fondled and spoke inappropriately to her during three or four visits to his office in 2004.
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Fondling-case accuser list grows again
October 7, 2007, 5:15 PM
A 41-year-old Cicero woman told Berwyn police she had made six visits to Ricardo Arze at his medical office in the 6900 block of Cermak, and had complained to his staff of the doctor’s arousal during examinations. Arze has been charged with fondling and other inappropriate behavior with a number of patients:
Child lost at Houby Fest is returned to mom
October 7, 2007, 1:54 PM
A nine-year-old boy at Houby Fest approached police at Cermak and Elmwood to tell them he was lost. An officer drove the child home to an apartment in the 1800 block of Oak Park and turned him over to his 22-year-old mother.
Oak Park man hospitalized after bike accident
October 6, 2007, 12:18 PM
Witnesses saw a man fall off his bicycle near 16th and Maple for no apparent reason. He was found intoxicated and with a head injury after the fall. Clifford D. Drewek, 50, of Oak Park, was taken to MacNeal Hospital for treatment.
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Another complainant comes forward in fondling case against doctor
October 5, 2007, 7:30 PM
A Burbank woman told police she saw a news report about Ricardo Arze, the doctor accused of inappropriately touching patients in his Cermak Rd. office; she wanted to add her name to the growing list of alleged victims.