Berwyn Police Blotter
Burglary
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Auto burglaries on Vacin, Gunderson
November 18, 2007, 2:24 AM
A red Chevy pickup, parked in the 6700 block of Vacin, was found with a broken window, a damaged dashboard and a missing stereo.
7:52 AM
A witness told police that just five minutes earlier he saw two burglars in the 1400 block of Gunderson/Scoville alley, who fled at his approach. The witness said two male blacks in black coats stood beside a Ford van parked behind a house on the Scoville side. One man had hand tools, the other a power saw. After the men fled, the witness found the Ford van had a broken-out window.
Attempted burglary on Clarence
November 17, 2007, 7:32 PM
A 31-year-old woman told police someone tried to enter her flat in the 2300 block of Clarence. Pry marks could be seen on the door lock. The woman said she smelled marijuana smoke were she returned home, which made her think of two “white boys”, one of whom used to live in the buidling’s basement and who still hangs around. One witness reported seeing two male Hispanics, around age 20, smoking pot by the victim’s back door.
Truck burglary
November 17, 2007, 5:48 AM
In the 6500 block of 38th, someone broke a window on a Chevy pickup and stole a radar detector.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
SUV burglar steals purse
November 16, 2007, 6:12 PM
A woman from the 1500 block of Oak Park Avenue reported her SUV was burglarized while parked in Cermak Plaza. The offender shattered the driver’s window with a rock, and stole a purse containing ID, checks and credit cards.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Damage to cars
November 15, 2007, 9:30 AM
A school teacher reported parking her Camry in the 6900 block of 35th the previous day; she said when she came back to the car at 5 PM, she found the rear bumper and left rear quarter-panel scratched.
12:04 PM
At 18th and Clinton, a Chevy Impala was found with its front passenger window broken.
10:38 PM
In the 1800 block of Grove, another Chevy Impala suffered a shattered window; an iPod and a portable video game were stolen from inside.
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Jag, Intrepid both burglarized
November 15, 2007, 8:36 AM
A silver Jaguar parked in the 2500 block of Harvey was found with a broken window; $1,800 worth of items were stolen, including a GPS unit, DVD and TV.
5:19 PM
In the 1900 block of Wenonah, the door of a silver Dodge Intrepid was pried open and the ignition damaged.
Video shows car break-in; TVs taken from Toyota
November 13, 2007, 6:10 PM
In the 1400 block of Harlem, someone broke into a brown Mazda 4-door and stole the car’s stereo. A nearby surveillance video viewed by police showed a tall, slim male black wearing a dark knit cap and carrying a cane, who walked up to the car, threw something at its window, then entered it. The man had a bicycle and wore white pants and a flannel shirt.
7:38 PM
A parked Toyota minivan was broken into in the 3500 block of Kenilworth. The offender stole two portable DVD/TVs.
Garages burgles, car theft try, extensive chase of suspected van ends at Rt. 83
November 12, 2007, 3:26 AM
A man could not pull into his own garage in the 7000 block of 29th Place because there was a white panel van parked in the alley behind his property, so he pulled around and parked in front. As he did so, he noticed the same van, now heading south on Home. The man followed the van, which sped up and appeared to be trying to lose him. When the man gave up and went home, he found his garage door lock damaged. A stereo and dvd player had been stolen from inside the garage.
3:42 AM
At Harlem and Cermak, police stopped a white van matching the above victim’s description; its temporary Illinois plates were listed as stolen from a Chevy Cavalier. During the computer check of the plates, the van suddenly “blacked out”: with all its lights turned off, the van fled, speeding as fast as 65 MPH in a 25 MPH zone, running two red lights, and leading police on a long chase onto the Eisenhower expressway, where it sped up to 80 MPH. Broadview and state police joined the pursuit, which ended with the driver in custody at Rt. 83 and 55th St. The van, which contained various tools, had a peeled steering column, commonly seen in stolen vehicles. Police reached van’s owner, a Chicago man who signed a complaint against the driver. Driver Raymond Hernandez, 22, of the 5700 block of south Archer, Chicago, was charged with two separate instances of running red lights; speeding; and driving without headlights. Van passengers included two intoxicated Chicago women and a man either from Chicago or Palatine, depending on who you ask. The man sported a teardrop tattoo by his left eye and stated his membership in a street gang. The man refused to elaborate further on the evening’s adventures, because, he said, he was “not a snitch”. The burglary victim looked at the van, but said it was not the same one he saw.
1:28 PM
A woman reported someone broke into her garage in the 6700 block of 16th and stole two leaf blowers and two gas chainsaws.
8:50 AM
Tool marks were found on a Dodge Intrepid parked in the 6700 block of 31st.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Criminal damage, attempted burglary of vehicles
November 11, 2007, 8:44 AM
A man whose Dodge pickup was parked in the 1200 block of Clinton found the door handle damaged and the ignition tampered with.
2:44 PM
A pink Ford pickup in the 1900 block of Harlem was found with a slashed tire.
8:20 PM
In the 2200 block of Elmwood, a Toyota sedan’s windshield was shattered.
9:01 PM
Someone got into a Ford pickup in the 3100 block of Grove and stole the radio.
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Jeep burgled
November 10, 2007, 11:45 AM
Someone broke into a Jeep parked in the 3000 block of Harlem and damaged in the steering column in an attempt to steal the car. The offender also made off with $7 in change, personal papers, cologne and a GPS unit.
Five garage burglaries
November 10, 2007, 8:39 AM
A garage in the 2500 block of Lombard was found with its side door forced open. The offenders apparently stole a child’s bike. Also, the radio was stolen out of the dash of a pickup parked beside the garage.
10:45 AM
A garage in the 2500 block of Elmwood and another in the 2400 block had their service doors forced open, but nothing was taken.
12:04 PM
Someone forced the side door of a garage in the 2300 block of Highland, and stole an air compressor, a mitre saw, an electric saw, a drill, a tool set and a socket set.
6:13 PM
Both doors of a garage in the 2500 block of Gunderson were forced open, leaving visible pry marks. The offender stole a mower, a snowblower, a drill and two bicycles.
Attempted burglary
November 9, 2007, 5:15 PM
A woman in the 3400 block of Home reported someone tried to break into her garage. Police saw signed of attempted forced enter on the side door.
Burglars get into trucks, Beetle
November 9, 2007, 1:25 PM
A Berkeley man employed by Comcast reported two Comcast Ford panel trucks burglarized while parked side by side in the 2100 block of Harvey. The offenders stole cable transmission line meters from each truck.
3:52 PM
A Romeoville woman reported someone broke out a window of her silver VW Beetle, cracked the windshield, and damaged the center console. Stolen from the car were an iPod and dock, and a band instrument.
Houses burglarized
November 9, 2007, 2:59 AM
A woman came home to her rented house in the 3300 block of Clinton to find her rear porch window broken and duct-taped; the inside of the house was trashged. Police found pry marks on the door, and were able to lift prints.
12:51 PM
Nearly $8,000 worth of jewelry and change, as well as credit cards, were stolen from a residence in the 1800 block of Home. The female victim came home to find her door wide open and the flat in disarray. Police spoke with construction workers nearby, who reported seeing two men in front of the place at noon. The suspicious subjects were described as two male whites in their 50s or 60s, 5’8, 185 lbs, one with glasses and a dark tie. The other reportedly had a grey mustache and wore jeans and a sweatshirt. The witnesses said the men stood on the sidewalk and would not look them in the face. Another witness described seeing two men enter a gold ‘90s Chrysler New Yorker, with temporary plates and a dent in the side.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Land Rover, Chrysler, struck by burglars
November 8, 2007, 12:52 AM
Two women from Crown Point, Indiana, told police they went to Lalo’s restaurant, but parked their silver Land Rover in the lot of the Adolf funeral home in the 2900 block of Harlem. When they returned to the car, they found someone had smashed out a window and stole a handbag left in the car by the passenger.
3:44 AM
A man reported parking his company car—a silver Chrysler Sebring—in the 3200 block of Clarence, and later finding its window shattered. Nothing was taken from inside.