Berwyn Police Blotter
Robbery
Monday, March 08, 2010
Serrated kitchen knife used by couple to rob woman
March 2, 2010, 9:11 PM
A 27-year-old Chicago woman told police she was robbed while walking to a gas station from a friend’s place. The victim said she saw a man and a woman out walking at 21st and Oak Park as she approached the gas station; when she reached the north Cermak alley at Euclid, the man grabbed her from behind and choked her while his female companion went through the victim’s pockets. The man put a serrated kitchen knife to the victim’s throat and said “Give use your money”, while the woman removed $60 from the victim’s pocket. The man then threw the victim to the ground and the offenders fled the scene. The victim described the offenders as follows: a male black, 25-30, 5’10” - 6 feet tall, thin, in a blue jacket, grey hoodie and blue jeans; and a female black, 25-30, thin, dark-skinned, dresed in a black jacket, black pants and black shoes.
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Saturday, March 06, 2010
A box of Newports and all the cash in the drawer, please
March 1, 2010, 9:39 PM
The clerk at a gas station in the 6700 block of Cermak reported being robbed at gunpoint. The victim described the offender as a male black, about 30 years old, 5’10”, medium build, wearing a black leather hat and a black leather coat. The offender, who was on his cell phone during the incident, approached the counter and requested a pack of Newport cigarettes, then displayed a black handgun and demanded cash. The clerk handed over approximately $600 from the register. The robber fled the scene westbound on Riverside Drive in a white vehicle.
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
Teamwork
January 12, 2010, 11:22 AM
A 21-year-old man told police, via a translator, that he was jumped and robbed at 16th and Euclid. The victim said he was walking down 16th on the south side of the street with a black four-door vehicle with tinted windows pulled up beside him. Three men wearing black ski masks jumped out and grabbed him; one held him at knifepoint while the others restrained him by the arms and went through his pockets. One of the assailants, the victim said, hit the back of his neck, causing him to fall to the ground. The robbers got away with the victim’s wallet, which, he said, contained his Mexican ID and $300 cash.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Outgrappled
Decemer 17, 2009, 9:48 PM
A man called police to report he found two plastic bags, containing female clothing, on the curb in the 7000 block of Roosevelt. Also found were black shoes, black wrestler’s hadgear and a Morton West high school ID card. Police contacted the 15-year-old girl on the ID card and paid a call at her house. The girl told them the found items were hers, taken from her by force as he walked home from a wrestling meet. The victim said she had reached Cermak and Cuyler when she heard running and laughter behind her, felt herself shoved from behind, and heard someone say “let go of the sh!t!”. Someone knocked her down, took her bag and stole her cell phone. The victim described the attackers as two female blacks and one male black, all of whom fled westbound in a small vehicle.
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Bus stop battery
December 16, 2009, 6:42 PM
A 38-year-old Cicero woman told police she was waiting for a bus at Harlem and 18th whn she was attacked by three women wearing fur-trimmed hooded parkas. The victim said the attackers punched her in the head and body, tore away her backpack and fled eastward. The backpack contained $60 cash, two rings, a debit card and a Guatemalan driver’s license. The victim described the attackers as three female blacks, all around 6 feet tall and 170-180 lbs.
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Day’s receipts don’t quite make it to the bank
December 15, 2009 12:30 AM
A 25-year-old woman told police she had just closed the dollar store in Cermak Plaza and attempted to deposit the day’s cash intake at the bank when she was accosted by an armed robber. The woman reported she drove to Fifth Third bank, followed by a female coworker, with the nightly cash drop—totalling $3,500—inside a clear plastic bag. As she approached the bank’s business drop box, she said, a masked man ran around the corner of the building carrying what appeared to be a black rifle. The woman said that when she saw the man, she threw the bag of cash into the bushes, ran in front of her coworker’s car and yelled “Leave! Get out of here!” then tried to enter her own car. She then tried to enter her own car, she said, but before she could shut the door, the man pointed the gun in her face and demanded the money. The woman said she told him she threw it; she watched as the man checked the bushes and grabbed the money bag, then fled westward. The woman described the robber as a male black, 5"11- 6 feet tall, wearing a ski mask, jeans and a black jacket with a red and white design on the sleeve.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Armed robbery attempt at 15th and Oak Park
December 11, 2009, 10:49 PM
A 23-year-old Addison man told police he was approaching his silver Mercedes SUV, parked at 15th and Oak Park, when a masked man came up to him, displayed a gun and said “give me the car keys”. The victim said he struck at the robber and tried to run to safety. As the victim crossed 15th, a light-color van tried to strike him. The robber entered the van, which fled the scene. The victim described the robber as a male black, 20-25 years old, over 6 ft. tall about 170 lbs, wearing dark clothing and a mask; the driver and passenger in the getaway van were described as similar in appearance and clothing.
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Brick-wielding ‘bangers
December 9, 2009, 3:36 PM
A caller reported a man in a T-shirt being chasd by a group of guys wielding bricks near Elmwood and 25th. Police located a man with an injured head at Clarence and 25th. The 23-year-old victim said he was walking when a male in a white skullcap, beige sweater, black pants and gym shoes approached and stated the name of a locally active street gang. When the victim told the stranger he was not a member of that gang, a fight began, and soon four to five more men ran up and began battering the victim in the head and body. The victim said the attackers also stole his cell phone, cigarettes and $45 cash.
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Salon robbed at gunpoint
November 4, 2009, 1:01 PM
A worker at Adam and Eve salon, 2144 Clarence, told police a woman robbed the business at gunpoint. The offender was described as a female black in sunglasses and dark clothing, about age 30, 5’7” and 150-160 lbs, who entered the salon, placed a large black gun to the victim’s chest and said “give me all your money”. The victim told police she removed $100 from the store cashbox and handed it to the robber, who fled the scene.
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Three-man team robs gas station
October 2, 2009, 7:25 PM
A female cashier at the Minute Man gas station, 16th and Lombard, reported an armed robbery. She said three young men—one armed with a black handgun—demanded that she “open the register and get out of the way”, then made off with about $1,200 in cash and an unknown amount of credit card receipts before they fled south on Lombard. The robbers were described as male blacks in their mid to late teens.
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Armed robbers in alley
August 29, 2009
Two men told police they saw a blacked-out Tahoe traveling southbound in the 1500 block of Harvey/Lombard alley, occupied by two male blacks in dark clothing and ski masks. The subjects exited the vehicle, approached the victims and demanded one man’s wallet at gunpoint. The robbers got away with $100 and a credit card.
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Give it back!
August 14, 2009, 4:16 PM
A caller reported a robber with a gun at a nail salon in the 7100 block of Roosevelt. Police spoke to the caller, a Chicago woman, who said a female black or Hispanic, 30-40 years old, 5’6”, with shoulder-length brown hair and eczema on her arms, enter her mom’s nail business and demanded all the money in the register. Mom refused; the daughter, feeling scared, opened the register and handed over about $500. The robber fled on foot eastbound with mom in pursuit.
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Woman robs 16th St. shop
August 14, 2009, 12:21 PM
A worker at the Express Food Mart, 7026 16th, told police he was robbed by an armed woman. He said the woman engaged him in conversation about laundry detergent, then said “let me check if I have the money”. She then reached into her purse, pulled out a black semiautomatic pistol, pointed it at the victim and demanded all the money. The victim handed over $200 and two cell phones. The gunwoman was described as a female black, 5’5”, 140 lbs, pockmarked and wearing sunglasses, dressed in a black shirt, light-color shorts, with a black shoulder bag.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Three teens charged with felony armed robbery
August 6, 2009, 1:13 AM
A Chicago man told police that, when he stepped out of his vehicle at 21st and Highland, two men approached him, displayed a black revolver and demanded that he empty his pockets. The robbers—with the victim’s wallet and cell phone—then fled in a silver 4-door vehicle. The victim provided police with the license number of the getaway car.
River Forest police later stopped the same vehicle, a Mitsubishi, at Madison and Des Plaines; the victim positively identified two of the men inside as the robbers; a third man was the driver of the car. The victim identified Byron A. Holman, 18, of Bellwood, as the gunman. He was charged with felony armed robbery. Police recovered the victim’s property, along with a black H & R Arms .22 revolver with one spent casing and four live rounds remaining. Also charged with felony armed robbery were Brice P. Ford, 18, of Bellwood, and Akil B. Pang, 17, of Maywood.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Robbers attack victims in north end, Depot
August 4, 2009, 4:24 PM
An 18-year-old man told police he was walking up his rear stairs in the 6800 block of Windsor when three men pulled him off the steps, punched and kicked him, and stole his wallet before fleeing on foot through the alley.
The victim described the first robber as a male black, 5’8” and 165 lbs, with black hair, dressed in a brown shirt with a cross and wings. The second, he said, was a male black, 6’2” and thin, in a blue shirt with white stripes; the third was a male black, 6’2”, in a blue polo shirt. The victim’s face showed scratches and swelling from the beating.
8:53 PM
A 55-year-old woman was walking eastbound on 14th near Home when an attacker tore her purse off her shoulder and knocked her down before fleeing on foot. The victim could only describe the robber as of medium build, dressed in a black hoodie and black pants.