Berwyn Police Blotter
Burglary
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Garage break-in successful, laundry-room break-in less so
July 17, 2010, 9:59 AM
Someone damaged the lock on the service door of a garage in the 1400 block of Scoville during a burglary, then made off with a mower and a dehumidifier.
12:40 PM
The maintenance man for a building in the 6700 block of Stanley reported finding someone tried to burglarize the laundry equipment. The tops were pried off the change boxes of four dryers and two washing machines, but no money was taken—the coins were still secured.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Burglar tried every possible entrance point
May 12, 2010, 2:07 PM
A woman in the 2100 block of Clarence showed police evidence of attempted burglary to her house; the front, side and rear doors were damaged and several windows had been tampered with as well.
Guitar theft roundup
May 11, 2010, 4:28 PM
The back door of a house in the 2800 block of Highland was found pried open by crowbar. The resident told police missing items included an Apple IMac, a printer, external hard drive, IPod, subwoofer, headphones and an electric bass.
7:38 PM
Three guitars and a computer were reported stolen from an apartment in the 1500 block of Grove; the two victims suspect their roommate.
Sunday, May 09, 2010
Burglary roundup
April 26, 2010
In the 3300 block of Home, someone pushed in a garage window and stole miscellaneous hand and power tools.
April 27, 2010
In the 2100 block of Wesley, a resident found his front door open; the apartment had been ransacked. Missing were three TVs, a Wii system, a camcorder, a digital camera and a bag of jewelry.
Someone pried open a garage door in the 3500 block of Ridgeland and stole lawn-care equipment valued at $1,900.
April 28, 2010
The side door of a garage in the 2400 block of Highland was found forced open; two toolboxes and a toolbag were stolen.
More than $1,000 in power tools was stolen from a Chevy van parked in the 1500 block of Euclid; the door locks were pushed in.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Miles away from paying for it
April 22, 2010, 6:05 AM
Someone broke an 8’ by 4’ window at the Berwyn Fruit Market, 3811 Harlem, enabling that someone to steal two 24-bottle cartons of Corona Beer.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
April 8-9, 2010
More bunny graffiti
April 8, 2010, 9:35 AM and April 9, 7:31 AM
A bunny and other gang-related graffiti was removed by police from a house in the 3400 block of Maple. Other marks appeared in the following blocks: the 2100 blocks of Grove and Kenilworth, 2300 Euclid, 1500 Ridgeland, 6700 19th , 1800 Grove, 1900 Kenilworth, 6200 and 6300 blocks of Cermak, and the 6200 block of 26th St.
A window for a window
April 8, 2010, 3:18 PM
Police arrested Alejandro Zavada, 30, of Chicago, for smashing the windows of a 1996 blue Chevy Tahoe parked in the 6600 block of Cermak. Zavada entered a yellow Pontiac Coupe, which police pulled over a few blocks away. Zavada was observed with a bloody right hand, from which he dropped a silver tire iron. He allegedly told police, “I just busted out a dude’s window, ” explaining that he had committed the offense because the Berwyn owner of the vehicle had, he said, damaged the car of his girlfriend’s mother. A passenger in the coupe, Domingo Perez, 31 of Chicago, was found to be wanted on a warrant from Chicago.
I’m a %% boy from Cicero, B@#$%!
April 8, 2010, 6:01 PM
Police saw a man urinating in an alley in the 2400 block of Clarence and asked if he lived at the address. Benjamin J. Lugo, 30, of 22nd Pl. in Cicero, allegedly responded in a belligerent fashion, “No, I’m just taking a p@#$ in here, what the f@#$ do you want?” When Lugo refused to submit to a protective patdown, police noted a strong odor of alcohol. At that point, Lugo reportedly began yelling, saying, “You want to lock me up, b@#$%, go ahead, I don’t give a f@#$! I’m a %% Boy [name of street gang] from Cicero. I don’t care if I go to county, b@#$#, I’ll f@#$ you up.” According to the report, Lugo became combative, spit at the officers and threatened their wives and mothers. Three officers grabbed him “in a control position” and placed him on the ground face-first to prevent him from spitting again. He was charged with resisting arrest, obstructing a police officer, aggravated assault and disorderly conduct.
Burglary
April 8, 2010, 10:58 PM
Burglars damaged a back door frame in the 1300 block of Grove and removed a Toshiba laptop and pink digital camera from the premises.
Welcome wagon
April 9, 2010, 8:14 PM
A realtor told police that, while he was viewing a unit he was considering buying in the 3500 block of Oak Park, he was accosted by a belligerent stranger who entered the apartment shouting, “what the f@#$ do you want here, N@#$%r? Get the f@#$ out of here. What the f#$% are you stealing?” Police charged Paul R. Moses, 45, with battery after he allegedly lunged at the realtor, throwing a closed fist and punching him in the back while pushing him up the stairs.
--J. LeHane
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Monday, April 19, 2010
April 5-7th
Rowdy youths egg home
April 5, 2010 11:19 PM
A woman saw around eight juveniles (male and female) approach her home and pelt it with eggs in the 2800 block of Home. They fled northbound under a viaduct and disappeared.
Recipe for a bad night: “beer balls”, lost phone, getting Tasered
April 4, 2010, 2:29 AM
An intoxicated man was Tasered after belligerence toward police officers who were advising him to leave the area of El Corral tavern in the 6300 block of 26th St. “I was a little buzzed up. That’s where beer balls comes in,” Lorenzo Barrera, 23, of the 2400 block of Clarence reportedly explained later. Police responding to a bar fight asked Barrera to leave, but he protested ,saying he lost his $400 phone in the bar. Events allegedly escalated into a shouting match in the middle of 26th and Highland, where Barrera allegedly told police officers “F#$% you b!#$%es, Berwyn cops are nothing but b@#$%es and n@#$%rs.” He refused to be handcuffed, so an officer deployed his Taser, striking Barrera in the chest and stomach with the prongs. An ambulance brought the suddenly subdued man to MacNeal.
Patio chair thru window
April 4, 2010, 4:11 AM
A woman in the 3800 block of Wisconsin heard a loud shattering noise and found a metal piece of lawn furniture inside her home. Replacing the broken glass sliding door will cost $1000.
Loud car
April 4, 2010, 10:54 AM
Police curbed the very loud tan 2001 Chevy Blazer of Jerry T. Mixon, 27, of Maywood, at East and 15th St. he was ticketed for driving on a suspended license, disobeying the local noise ordinance and no proof of insurance. The Chevy was impounded.
Joyriders steal SUV with paycheck inside
April 5, 2010, 5:02 AM
A 1993 Chevy Suburban was found with extensive damage in the 2600 block of 58th St. after it disappeared from the 1200 block of Cuyler early the previous morning. The owner told police her purse had been in the car, containing a Social Security card, $20 cash and a paycheck.
Auto burglary
April 5, 2010, 6:28 AM
A JVC car CD player, rear deck speakers and a wallet were stolen from a Crown Victoria parked in the 2100 block of Harlem. Thieves broke a rear passenger window.
Door open for dog also open for purse thief
April 5, 2010, 10:14 AM
A woman figured out that her red purse had been stolen from the kitchen table in the 1400 block of Maple after credit card companies called to let her know someone had used her card to buy gas at four different gas stations. She told police she had left the back door open and unlocked to let the dog in and out.
Baby sitter accosted by “building inspector”
April 5, 2010, 2:30 PM
A 22-year-old baby sitter told police as she walked in the 1400 block of Maple with the child she cares for she was approached by a 50-ish man in a black older-model sports car. The man told her she was beautiful and tried to engage her in conversation. She and the child hid between houses so the man could not see which house she worked in, but the creeper waited for her When she threatened to call police, the man told her he was “not afraid of police because he was a building inspector,” and showed her a clip-board. However, he fled when she began to dial her cell phone.
Graffiti roundup
April 5, 2010, 3:04 PM, 4:51 PM
Police removed two eyeballs rendered in gold spray paint on a building in the 2700 block of Euclid. Gang tagging was found in the 1300 block of East.
Back door thief
April 5, 2010, 3:59 PM
A purse disappeared from a kitchen shelf in the 2600 block of Oak Park. Its owner found the back door ajar.
Feces delivery
April 5, 2010, 6:30 PM
A 72-year-old man told police he suspected an argumentative neighbor left a pile of feces in the front entrance to his apartment building in the 1200 block of Harlem.
Meds, tools and knife stolen from parked car
April 5, 2010, 7:25 PM
A 2000 Chevy owner in the 3300 block of Grove told police that on the previous Friday his car had been burglarized. Taken were prescription drugs Adderall, and Subutex, as well as a Sony CD player, a Ryobi drill, a set of wood chisels and a Winchester knife.
Police chase white van; offender still at large
April 6, 2010, 11:25 AM
Police patrolling the alley in the 1500 block of Harvey because of recent break-ins observed a white van behind a foreclosed house. A man fled from the back door into the van and police followed it into Oak Park, where they lost sight of the vehicle. At the home, the basement doorknob had been pried off.
Impounds
April 6, 2010, 12:44 PM
Abraham Sanchez, 47, of Cicero was charged with driving with a suspended license and illegal alley traffic. Police impounded his 1993 Lincoln Continental. Police also impounded the 1998 Dodge SUV belonging to Jose A. Maygora of Cicero, who was stopped in the 6500 block of Cermak for an overly loud sound system.
Thieves on bikes
April 6, 2010, 5:54 PM
A shoplifter was observed at the Dollar Store in the 7100 block of Cermak concealing toothpaste and razors in his shirt. The 35-40 year old Hispanic male fled on a light blue bicycle.
April 7, 2010, 4:19 PM
Employees of the The World’s Largest Laundry in the 6200 block of Cermak told police they observed an “older” man fleeing east on a bicycle, while balancing three iron trash can lids.
Vehicle burglaries
April 6, 2010 4:38 PM
April 7, 7:17 AM, 8:27 AM, 11:13 AM, 5:26 PM, 5:48 PM,
A “fuzz-buster” was stolen from a pickup in the 1300 block of Euclid. Cars were burglarized in the 1300 block of Clarence, the 1400 block of Euclid and the 1400 block of Wesley. Two cars were broken into in the 1300 block of Home. In all instances, windows were smashed to remove cell phone chargers, a radar detector and GPS systems.
You go, girl
April 6, 2010, 11:44 PM
A woman pushed the panic button on her remote key chain after observing a man in her red Kia in the 1400 block of Harvey. The man fled when the alarm sounded.
Graffiti
April 7, 2010, 6:50 AM
Graffiti was discovered at Heritage School in the 6800 block of 31st St. and on garages in the 3100 block of Kenilworth.
Lock “punched” in apartment burglary
April 6, 2010, 9:55 PM
A woman returning home turned her key and pulled the lock right out of her apartment door in the 3100 block of Harlem. Her dwelling had been ransacked. Missing were two checkbooks and a laptop. Police found the neighbor’s lock was also damaged.
-J. LeHane
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
March 28-31, 2010
Brick through window
March 31, 2010, 3:00 AM
A landscaping brick—matching those in the neighbor’s yard—was found inside a house in the 3700 block of Home, following a loud noise and the sound of the living room window shattering.
Graffiti Roundup
March 31, 2010, 6:19 AM; 9:51 AM
Graffiti in green spray paint was found in the 6400 block of Cermak. A bathroom door at Janura Park was vandalized with blue marker.
Representin’
March 31, 2010, 2:59 PM
Known gang member Antonio Lemus, 18, was arrested for loitering at Home and Vacin Parkway and warned to stay away from Morton High School at dismissal time, especially when decked out in gang colors with his hat brim tilted to the right.
Stray cat
March 31, 2010, 6:51 PM
A black and white cat with no collar or tags was picked up in the 3800 block of Clinton and taken to A-American for safekeeping.
Jewelry theft
March 31, 2010, 9:39 PM
A woman told police she noticed while cleaning a week earlier that her door frame was “loose” in the 6200 block of 21st. St. When rings and necklaces disappeared a few days later, she realized that she had been burglarized.
Apartment laundry room ransacked
March 30, 2010, 9:11 AM
A landlord contacted police after he found dryers turned upside down in his apartment building in the 2100 block of Grove. Thieves had attempted to pry coin boxes from the machines.
Forgetful 70-year-old leaves purse in laundromat; loses $800
March 30, 2010, 11:06 AM
A woman told police she accidently left her purse in the Windsor Coin Laundry in the 6900 block of Windsor and walked home. When she returned, the purse was gone. She later contacted police to report that the purse had made its way to her front doorway. Everything was inside, except $800 cash.
Garage burglary
March 30, 2010
A lawn mower and printer were taken from a garage in the 1200 block of Lombard. The service door had been pried open.
Pot-on-the-streets roundup
March 30, 2010, 12:38 AM; 2:48 PM; 5:00 PM
Ricardo Flores, 34, of the 3800 block of East, was charged with possession of 2.6 grams of cannabis and a pipe after a watchful neighbor saw him smoking in his parked car in the 2200 block of Scoville. Police asking him to exit the vehicle “noticed he had his hands covering up a bulge in the groin area just below the belt.” The officer asked Flores to put his hands on his 2003 gray Hyundai Elantra and asked “what was in [his] pants?” A patdown uncovered a bag of pot and a pipe. Flores was fined $175.
Anthony Searcy, 23, of the 2500 block of Grove, was stopped on the street at 21st and Wisconsin. Police reported his red jacket matched the description of an offender from the previous day. When he saw officers, he “immediately stopped and shoved his left hand into his pants pocket.” When officers performed a pat-down, he admitted he had a “roach” in his left pocket. Searcy was charged with possession of fewer than 2.5 grams of cannabis and fined $100.
Reginald Willis, 20, of the 1800 block of Grove, was also charged with possession of cannabis and fined $100 after police noticed his red 2000 Saturn parked illegally in the 2100 block of Grove. Willis told police he was “waiting for his brother,” but when they performed a patdown, police discovered a small amount of pot (less than 2.6 grams).
Graffiti
March 30, 1020, 4:22 PM
The overhead door of a garage in the 1600 block of Wesley was graffitied with blue marker.
Cat nabbed after owner dies
March 30, 2010
A neighbor called police after noticing that her recently deceased neighbor’s black and white cat with no collar or tags was lingering around the building. Cops took the stray to A-American for safekeeping.
Preseason batting practice parts I and II
March 30, 2010, 5:20 PM
I. Police noticed that pedestrians were crossing the street to avoid known member of a well-known criminal gang—Juan Ruiz, 28, of the 2500 block of Euclid—because he was “standing on the public way, swinging a baseball bat.” The officers observed Ruiz “throwing up gang signs at pedestrian traffic” and saw “pedestrian traffic, fearing for their safety, cross street to avoid [Ruiz] on sidewalk with baseball bat, then re-enter the sidewalk down the street.” Ruiz was arrested and charged with reckless conduct.
March 30, 2010, 6:20 PM
II. A friend’s cell phone recorded video of an unexpected visit from an unfriendly female neighbor wielding a baseball bat in the 1200 block of Maple. A woman told police she answered knocking at the door to see her neighbor, Denise Conley, 51, and Ruby Padilla, 41, of Homer Glen, brandishing a bat and taunting her to come outside, threatening to “kick her ass.” After reviewing the video, police charged Conley with assault and Padilla with aggravated assault.
Shoplifting
March 30, 2010, 4:56 PM
Three juveniles in Morton High School uniforms of white polo shirts and tan pants were seen shoplifting in Auto Zone in the 6700 block of Ogden. A store manager told police she witnessed the three removing items from their packaging, concealing them on their persons, and exiting the store without paying. The three—two males and a female—fled in a 1998 blue Ford SUV registered in Cicero.
Wherein we learn what a “bladed stance” is
March 30, 2010, 5:48 PM
Police stopped 51-year-old Charles Fisher, of the 2700 block of Clarence, while he was walking in the 2700 block of Wesley, because they suspected him of carrying a gun. Fisher, who was wearing a loose–fitting coat and appeared to be carrying a hand-held radio, had a “brown-black item partially visible” on his right side, sticking out from the coat. When Fisher saw police, he allegedly “altered his stride and placed an arm over the partially visible item, blocking it from view.” Police announced their presence and asked him to stop. According to reports, Fisher “took a bladed stance* and placed his right hand behind his back” and over the mysterious item. Officers demanded to see Fisher’s hand and he refused to show it to them, “keeping the hand out of sight.” He allegedly said, “I don’t have to show you my hands.” Then Fisher began to “alternate[ly] place his hands behind his back.” When he finally showed both hands to officers, they promptly handcuffed him. The mystery item turned out to be a flashlight looped through a worn brown leather multi-tool carrier belt. Police took him to Berwyn Police Department, where they asked him why he was uncooperative. He allegedly stated he “does not like” the Berwyn Police Department because of a previous incident, and that his grandstanding over the flashlight was “exercising his own form of civil disobedience.” Police warned him that he could have been hurt inadvertently by officers fearing for their safety. He was charged with disorderly conduct.
*http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/citations/bladed_stance_1/
Bike gone
March 30, 2010, 9:01 PM
A green Raleigh Comfort 21-speed bicycle disappeared from a bike rack in the 3200 block of Grove. The owner found the severed bike lock on the ground.
Suspicious garage fire
March 30, 2010, 9:29 PM
The southeast corner of a garage in the 2400 block of Clarence was discovered in flames after neighbors saw a tan sedan (possibly a Buick) circle through the alley several times and stop in front of the garage. The owner told police he is embroiled in a child custody dispute with his ex-wife.
Car window broken
March 30, 2010, 10:53 PM
Nothing was reported missing from a green Dodge Neon with a broken window, parked in the 2700 block of Euclid.
Broken window in vacant house
March 29, 2010, 8:29 AM
Neighbors reported a shattered 3’ x 3’ porch window in the 2800 block of Cuyler. Police entered the vacant house through the broken window and found nothing disturbed. The window was boarded and the bank-owners were notified.
Here comes Homie Cottontail
March 29, 2010, 7:08 AM, 7:10 AM
Overhead garage doors in the 3600 block of Ridgeland were vandalized with spray-painted gang slogans. One graffiti artist rendered a picture of a “bunny with sunglasses and a tear in one eye.” The rear door of a building in the 7100 block of Cermak was marked with black spray paint. Black graffiti was found in an alley in the 3200 block of Harvey that read, “F%^&! Bick! Suck!”
“Get out of my house!” 81-year-old scares off would-be burglars
March 29, 2010, 2:00 PM
An elderly woman in the 1900 block of Home thwarted a mid-day home-burglary by three overweight men in their 30s, one of whom falsely identified himself as “Tim from the Electric Company.” “Tim” showed up in the woman’s back yard as she was taking out the trash and told the woman that he needed to look at her electric meter because “they were cutting tree branches nearby.” She informed him that “she did not want him in her back yard.” The imposter grabbed her sleeve and prevented her from returning to her house, engaging her in conversation. When the 81-year-old attempted to enter her home through the back door, the man held her coat and tried to prevent her from walking into her home. She told police she elbowed him in the stomach—releasing his grip—and got away. When she walked inside, she saw two other overweight men, wearing gardening gloves, inside her home, near the front door closet. She told police she yelled at the men to “get out of my house!” and tried to call 911, but one of the men hung up the phone. At that point, “Tim” ran out the back door and the other men also fled. A neighbor saw the two fatties enter a newer-model silver SUV parked in front of the woman’s home and drive away. They were described as male white or Hispanic in their late-30s, 5’ 10” weighing around 240 pounds. One had a small mustache. “Tim” was described as 5’ 8” tall, heavy-set wearing a navy blue hat and with small rectangular glasses. Police found pry marks on the closet door, but nothing was immediately reported missing.
Backyard theft roundup
March 29, 2010, 2:16 PM, 9:35 PM
A woman told police that a Moroccan decorative metal-and-goatskin hennaed lamp and a metal planter had been removed from her back porch in the 3400 block of Grove. A backyard statue of the Virgin Mary of “great sentimental value” was lifted from a backyard in the 1400 block of Elmwood.
Garage burglarized
March 29, 2010, 3:12 PM
Police advised a woman in the 1400 block of Kenilworth to henceforth lock her garage service door after burglars cleaned out her garage. Reported stolen was: a Pioneer CD player, one television, a toolbox containing $250 worth of tools, an electric wall sander and 12 pairs of leather work gloves.
Everything but the kitchen sink
March 29, 2010, 6:33 PM
A landlord of a building in the 3400 block of Cuyler told police he suspected his recently evicted tenants had broken windows in his building, as well as stealing the refrigerator and stove.
Car windows smashed
March 28, 2010, 1:45 AM
A man in the 3200 block of Gunderson told police he suspected the person who smashed the windows of his parked 1994 Chevy Cavalier was possibly his rival for a woman’s affections.
There goes the party
March 28, 2010, 1:38 PM
A family returning from mid-day shopping heard their garage alarm sounding in the 1500 block of Cuyler and saw a car speeding off with their 10’ x 10’ party tent. The service door had been pried open.
-J. LeHane
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Bad behavior roundup
Highbeams attract police attention
March 9, 2010, 11:25 PM
Police curbed a car using high beams in a residential street in the 6200 block of 26th St. The male driver, Gbenga Totunbo Ajayi, 32 of the 2100 block of Highland allegedly became verbally abusive, dropping F-bombs at police and saying “I didn’t do nothing!” and “I hope you made your quota!” He was ticketed for a burnt-out headlamp and driving with a suspended license, after which he allegedly threatened the arresting officer with , “I’m gonna f^&* you up!”
Someone’s been sleeping in my bed!
March 11, 2010, 1:02 AM
A man in the 6500 block of 16th St. called police after observing a man attempting to break into his residence through the rear door. Police found Anastacio Munoz, 39, of Cicero, dressed in a blue mechanic’s uniform and sleeping in a bed in the basement. He was charged with criminal trespass.
Graffiti
March 11, 2010, 1:50 AM, 3:56 PM
A garbage can in the 1400 block of Wisconsin was adorned with a spray-painted white pitchfork, and black marker was used to deface a door in the 7000 block of Roosevelt.
Garage burglaries
March 11, 2010, 8:04 AM, 4:21 PM, 4:46 PM.
A radio was removed from a garaged car in the 2200 block of Ridgeland. In the 1400 block of Scoville, two garages were burglarized with both service doors pried open. Missing were four tires, a mitre saw, a nailgun and air compressor.
Man’s wallet stolen from unlocked Jeep
March 11, 2010, 4:44 PM
A man told police he found the back hatch of his 2009 Jeep left wide open in the 7000 block of 35th St. Missing was his black leather wallet, which he had left in the center console in the unlocked vehicle. Credit cards and identification were reported lost.
Carjacking, armed robbery in Miska’s Liquors lot
March 11, 2010, 6:15 PM
A man told police he was held up by two men in the Miska’s parking lot as he parked his 2003 blue Ford Escape SUV. The men, described as black males between 18-24 years old, wearing black caps and hoodies, allegedly displayed a small silver handgun which they pointed at the victim’s chest and head as they demanded money and the car keys. The victim turned over twenty bucks and his keys and the men drove off—in his car.
Car burglary
March 11, 2010, 2:49 PM
A cable meter worth $2,800 was removed from a parked SUV in the 6300 block of 26th St.
Rotten kids!
March 11, 2020 12:08 PM
A woman told police she believed Heritage middle-schoolers were to blame for two cracked basement windows in the 6800 block of 29th St.
Car damage
March 11, 1020
A woman told police she allegedly saw her neighbor breaking the window of her parked gray Dodge Intrepid in the 3300 block of Lombard. She told police the suspect “has committed numerous offenses and has been the cause of problems on the block in the past.”
Trespasser stalks 89 year old man
March 12, 2010
An elderly man in the 3300 block of Clinton told police he recognized the man slinking down his back staircase and riding off on a mountain bike. In the police line-up, he was able to identify Ronald F. Neniskis, of the 3100 block of Ridgland, as the stranger who had earlier questioned him about his wife in a nursing home while the victim was raking leaves. On a different occasion, he had allegedly offered to clean the man’s windows for $5 “inside and out.” Police found an interior front door glass panel broken, allowing someone to reach inside and open the door handle. The second floor of the elderly man’s home—used for storage – had been ransacked. Neniskis was charged with criminal trespass and damage to property.
Break-in
March 12, 2010, 2:50 PM
Losses were not immediately evident in a burglary attempt in the 3500 block of Harlem. Residents found drawers opened, items moved and a blue pillowcase stuffed with some clothing, an electric razor and change. The unknown burglar broke a window to enter the home.
-J. LeHane
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Burglary roundup
March 5, 2010
12:44 AM
In the 1900 block of Lombard, a man found his garage door kicked in. Stolen were fourteen rolls of mint nickels and 100 Eisenhower silver dollars.
12:50 PM
In the 1400 block of Home, a garage service door was forced, damaging its frame. Stolen were a Schwinn mountain bike, a nailgun, an air compressor, a table saw and a 32” TV.
5:22 PM
A man in the 3400 block of Maple found his front door unlocked. Missing from the home were a tile saw, two video game systems and the title to a 1996 Tahoe.
March 6, 2010
12:08 PM
Someone entered a 1999 Olds Bravada, parked in the 2100 block of Gunderson, and stole $6000 worth of stereo equipment.
Monday, March 01, 2010
Drug search warrant executed in Lyons
On February 21 at 12:41 AM, a judge signed a Cook County search warrant for the person and apartment of Ronald P. Larson, 55, of 8157 Ogden in Lyons. Berwyn tactical officers knocked at that address and received no answer; fearing the destruction of evidence, they broke the door in and found Larson at a table on which lay white powder cocaine, a straw, and a razor blade. K-9 Officer Ares sniffed throughout the apartment, and police recovered a large amount of cannabis, some cocaine, a digital scale, two guns and a large amount of ammunition. Larson had no firearm owner’s ID. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of cannabis, possession of cannabis with intent to deliver, and possession of firearms and ammunition without a FOID card.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Abduction, burglaries and a phony gun
Fake gun in waistband
February 15, 2010, 1:03 AM
Police arrived at Tiger O’Stylie’s in the 6300 block of Ogden expecting to find an armed patron with a pistol sticking out of his belt. Turns out Cesar Esteves, 24, of Stickney, was sporting a pellet gun—a replica of a black Beretta PX4 Storm. He was charged with disorderly conduct.
Residential Burglaries
February 15, 2010, 11:47 AM, 2:43 PM
Drawers were found open and ransacked in a building in the 3400 block of Highland. The resident was unclear what, if anything, was missing. Burglars broke the basement window with a rock. In the 1500 block of Elmwood, the bottom panels of a back door were smashed “with blunt force” and someone crawled through the opening and unlocked the door, removing three flatscreen televisions, a Playstation 3 game system and a Sony laptop. Neighbors told police they saw a black car on the garage apron.
Garage Burglaries
February 16, 2010, 1:55 AM, 5:45 PM
Two garage burglaries occurred two blocks apart on Clarence. Stolen from the 2500 block was a snowblower, large power drill and a bag of assorted tools. In the 2300 block someone made off with a new Igloo chest freezer (in box) a new-in-box card table with chairs, a bag of girls’ clothing and a folder of legal papers.
Lawn ornament removed
February 16, 2010 9:19 PM
A building owner told police he suspected that the person who stole the lawn ornament from the 1900 block of Euclid was an opponent in a legal dispute. The missing monument was described as a stone statue of a boy and girl on a bench.
Viaduct vandalism
February 17, 2010, 12:41 PM
Someone broke the plastic lenses in the pedestrian tunnel lights under the railroad tracks at 31st and Ridgeland. Graffiti in black magic marker was also discovered.
Garage burglaries
February 17, 2010, 1:34 PM, 5:57 PM
A damaged overhead garage door was the entry point in a burglary in the 1600 block of Wisconsin. Stolen were two Lajobi baby cribs, a two-ton floor jack, two wet-vacs, an air compressor and battery charger as well as miscellaneous hand tools and car electrical parts. In the 1900 block of Wesley, a service door was broken in half with locks damaged and the frame pried off. The victims gave police a list of missing items.
Woman abducted; “Now we have a new friend!”
February 17, 2010, 4:58 PM
A 26 year old woman told police she was grabbed from behind at Cermak and Euclid and forced into a car by a 40-year-old husky, short white male with a grayish beard. The kidnapper allegedly told her “now you’re going to suck my @#$%” and displayed his penis, trying to push her head down into his lap. She resisted and he then reached into her shirt and fondled her, while driving through Berwyn. He then headed into North Riverside and took her to a house telling her, “Sit down on the couch. If you scream I’ll hurt you.” A second woman appeared whom the man introduced as “Tiffany” telling her, “Now we have a new friend.” Both abductors left the room and the woman called a former boyfriend asking him to call police. The subject returned and allegedly “asked if she know any young girls or had any children.” He “stated he wanted to meet [the woman’s] daughter and she told him “that would never happen.” When police called the woman’s phone, “Tiffany” answered the call and, impersonating the victim, allegedly told them she was “fine.” However, the phone call upset the couple and the woman told police the man loaded her back into his car and dropped her off at her employer, a tax service.
-J. LeHane
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Burglary roundup
February 2, 2010, 2:19 AM
A man in the 6500 block of Cermak found his garage door open; missing were a man’s bicycle and a 2003 Volkswagen Passat.
9:57 AM
In the 1900 block of Ridgeland, a man heard his garage alarm go off. Looking out, he saw the overhead door was open, so he went outside to investigate. A white Astro van was parked in front of the garage. The victim told police he saw a male Hispanic standing by the van; when the stranger noticed the victim, he jumped into the driver’s seat and honked the horn, causing a second male Hispanic to exit the garage and join the first man in the van. The van fled northbound; part of the license plate read “H8”. Missing from the garage were a Craftsman air compressor, a boy’s bike and miscellaneous air tools.
4:49 PM
A Chevy Cavalier, parked in the MacNeal hospital lot at 28th and East, was found with a broken window and damaged dashboard.
10:14 PM
a 19987 Caprice, parked in the 7100 block of Stanley, was broken into. Stolen items included the stereo, an IPod, a Cubs #12 Soriano jersey, two DVD boxed sets of the show “The Wire”, and miscellaneous tools.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Sex not in the cards
Burglar stopped in the act
January 15, 2010, 7:39 AM
A woman in the 1900 block of Wesley observed a bald, white male (early twenties or late teens) in a black jacket at her back door, crowbar-in-hand, who fled when he saw her. Police reported pry marks and deadbolt damage to the door.
Burglary from vehicle
January 15, 2010, 9:36 AM
Seven thousand dollars worth of tools were reported stolen from a white Dodge van parked in the fire station parking lot in the 6700 block of 26th St. The van’s passenger-side lock had been punched out.
GPS stolen during doctor appointment
January 15, 2010, 10:48 AM
Someone smashed the passenger-side window of a black Nissan parked near the medical office at 7120 Cermak and stole a GPS unit worth $130.
Lady-in-red steals purse at Burger King
January 15, 2010, 1:31 PM
Witnesses told police they observed a purse theft from a woman’s coat in the Burger King in the 2100 block of Oak Park. The black female who allegedly took the coin purse was wearing all red clothing.
Sex not in the cards
January 15, 2010, 1:31 PM
Luis M Garcia-Narvarro, 21, address not given, was charged with disorderly conduct after he allegedly asked for sex after his Tarot card reading at the psychic establishment in the 2600 block of S. Ridgeland. Garcia-Navarro paid his fortune-telling bill of $40, but then made “lewd sexual comments” offering to pay for sex as well. The female psychic called police.
Handgun stolen in Nicor imposter scam
January 15, 2010, 1:56 PM
A man with fake Nicor identification credentials convinced a 74-year-old man in the 2600 block of Ridgeland to let him in because, he said, “they were investigating a gas leak.” The scammer “quickly” showed his company ID and convinced the victim to exit the back door of his home to open the gate for gas company workers, leaving the front door unsecured and the home vacant. The “employee” waited in the back yard until the victim complained that he was cold. Then the scammer made a cell phone call from the back yard and then told the victim that the house was clear. When the man left, the victim observed that his bedroom dresser drawers had been ransacked. Missing was a blue steel police model Colt 38-caliber handgun. The scammer was described a male white, 5’9”, 175 lbs with an olive complexion, brown eyes, black hair a waist-length work coat and blue baseball hat.
Jewelry stolen
January 15, 2010, 5:15 PM
An unsecured basement window was the suspected entrance point in a home burglary in the 2300 block of Ridgeland. Included in the loot stolen was a collection of $2 bills and men’s and women’s jewelry --including a 1978 Orr High School class ring.
Cavalier vandalized
January 15, 2010, 10:37 PM
A yellow Chevy parked in the 6600 block of 18th St. was damaged on both the drivers and passenger’s side with the gas cap torn off, driver’s side window damaged as well as a mirror and running board destroyed.
Cell phone gone
January 15, 2010, 5:48 PM
An employee cell phone was stolen from desk at a tanning salon in the 6300 block of Cermak.
Graffiti
January 15, 2010, 3:00 PM
Black marker was found on inside walls in the building at 6850 Cermak . No known gang signs were deciphered.
January 18, 2010
Spray painting spree
January 18, 2010, 7:13 AM
Two autos several blocks apart were vandalized with red spray paint along the entire drivers sides of both vehicles. A white minivan in the 3500 block of Oak Park got tagged, as well as a silver Dodge pickup in the 3700 block of Ridgeland.
Other southside auto damage
January 18, 2010, 4:34 AM, 9:31 AM
A Chevy’s rear window was shattered with a bottle in the 3100 block of Wisconsin, an Astro van had two tires slashed in the 3500 block of Oak Park and a 1996 Ford Mustang had was ransacked after someone smashed both driver’s and passenger’s side windows in the 7000 block of 29th Pl.
Burglar scared off by witnesses
January 18, 2010, 5:30 PM
Neighbors apparently spooked a suspicious visitor to an apartment building in the 1900 block of Euclid. The unfamiliar man witnesses described as black, 6 ‘ tall and around 35 years old, allegedly told a neighbor, “I’m looking for the landlord.” He exited the building rapidly, according to another neighbor. After he left, the basement tenant observed gouge marks on door and dead bolts.
Door kicked in, nothing taken
January 18, 2020, 5:55 PM
Police reported that a rear door of a building in the 6800 block of Windsor had been forced open and the door jamb broken off the frame. Residents said nothing of value was missing.
Booze snatching
January 18, 2010, 9:19 PM
While his accomplice distracted the clerk by fumbling for his ID, a man allegedly grabbed three bottles of vodka and other spirits off the shelf and fled a liquor store in the 6700 block of Roosevelt Rd. The first man ran out of the store as well. Both are described as black males in their early 20s, one wearing a black jacket and the other a dark leather jacket, hat and dark hoodie.
-J. LeHane
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
January 11, 2010: criminal damage and burglary
Car damaged
January 11, 2010, 12:02 PM
A 1994 Ford Thunderbird had all four of its tires damaged in the 2100 block of Kenilworth.
Burglary at Fitzgerald’s
January 11, 2010, 2:41 PM
Two Dell laptops were missing after someone allegedly pried open the double doors of Fitzgeralds in the 6600 block of Roosevelt Rd. Two cash boxes had been moved and two locked file cabinets had marks of prying attempts, but were still secure.
-J. LeHane
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