Berwyn Police Blotter
Assault, battery
Monday, March 01, 2010
Get me back my jewelry
February 24, 2010
A Cicero man reported an incident he said occurred on February 13 at Bootlegs bar, 2717 Ridgeland. He said a man known to him only as “Tattoo Pete” approached him in the bar and accused him of having an affair with his wife. The victim said the offender slashed his tires and threw a beer bottle at him; he also stated the offender fought with him, pulled a knife, and yanked off the victim’s gold chain.
Asked why he waited so long to report the incident, the victim said he had wanted the bar owner to “handle” the situation, but now he wants the return of his gold chain, which featured a 2-inch long Jesus pendant.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Not THAT lonely
february 19, 2010, 7:20 AM
A 53-year-old woman in the 6600 block of Windsor told police that, at 6:50 AM, a male neighbor, known to her only by his first name, knocked at her front door. When the woman answered the door, the man asked her whether she had a small stand for his TV. As the woman looked around for something to give him to use as a TV stand, she noticed the man—clad in naught but a T-shirt and boxer shorts—had his penis protruding through the slit in the boxers. When the victim pointed out his exposure, the man told her it was an accident, then put his arms around her and stated “We are two lonely people.” After the man left, the woman complained to the landlord, who told her to call police.
Assault, battery • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
“Irrational, aggressive and agitated”
February 18, 2010, 7:45 PM
Callers reported seeing an agitated man yelling as he walked down Cermak. Police in the area were flagged down by a citizen who said a man had just punched out the window of a business in the 6500 block of Cermak. Officers located the man in a yard in the 2100 block of Clarence as he headed for the door to go inside; instead of stopping when police asked him to, however, the man reportedly yelled at them and went inside, slamming the door. Police saw the man’s hand was bleeding. When officers knocked at the door, the man’s parents answered and explained their son was on parole and very drunk. They let police in to see 31-year-old Efrain Nava; he was reportedly lying in bed with his hands concealed by a blanket. Police ordered him to show his hands, and described him in the report as “irrational, agressive and agitated” as well as “yelling and making odd statements”. According to the report, Nava took a swing at an officer; police were obliged to handcuff him in order to get him outside so paramedics could tend to his injured hand. Throughout the incident, the report stated, Nava was noncompliant, pulling away from police and yelling “F@%$ You!” He also kneed one officer in the groin. He was charged with criminal damage to property; battery charges were pending at the time of the report.
Assault, battery • Deceptive practice, fraud • Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Little bit of everything
Public intoxication at McDonald’s
January 28, 2010, 2:47 PM
Roger T. Dziadkowiec, 56, of Chicago, was expelled from McDonalds on Ridgeland and Cermak for intoxication. Police reportedly collected him on the sidewalk outside in possession of an open bottle of vodka.
Car stereo stolen
January 28, 2010, 4:11 PM
Someone broke a passenger-side window of a white Honda Civic in the 2400 block of Highland and helped himself to a Pioneer CD player.
Pry, but you can’t get in
January 28, 2010, 4:52 PM
Residents discovered pry marks on the front door of an apartment building in the 6500 block of 28th St.
Five-year-old calls 911 a bunch of times
January 29th, 2010, 8:57 AM
Police ended up breaking a window to enter a building in the 1800 block of Oak Park after a series of abandoned 911 emergency calls. When dispatchers returned the call, they heard only “heavy breathing.” A father told police his five-year-old was playing with the telephone.
Alley ordinance nets career criminal
January 29, 2010, 12:48 PM
Police observed a white Ford Econoline illegally traveling up and down the alleys near Oak Park and Cermak. “I’m just looking for wood to build a ramp. I’m a cripple,” the driver explained to police. Joseph Q. Decellis, 53, of the 1600 block of 16th St, was found to have an extensive criminal record with over 51 prior arrests for offenses involving sexual assault, burglary, weapons, larceny and dangerous drugs. He was charged with driving on a revoked license, uninsured vehicle and illegal alley traffic. His van was impounded.
Burglary attempted, abandoned
A woman in the 2100 block of Highland thought she was having a break-in when she heard a loud bang and footsteps on her back stairs. Police found no one, but the doorjamb was damaged.
“ComEd guy” scam
January 29-30, 2010, 2:43 PM; 8:06 PM,
Three elderly victims called police after a series of failed gypsy scams involving men in work-jackets masquerading as ComEd employees. In all three instances, the men – alone or in a pair—talked their way into the residence by saying electrical work was being done in the neighborhood. The scammers’ told the “customers” that they were “owed a $50 credit.” The phony employees then offered the refund immediately in cash saying, “I can give you a hundred dollar bill right now if you have $50 change.” The scams occurred in the 3800 block of Kenilworth, the 1200 block of Kenilworth and 1200 block of Oak Park. All victims were over 70 years old. The men were described as a male white 35-40 years old, medium build, with brown hair in a blue work jacket and skull cap and a heavy-set Hispanic male, with a goatee wearing a beige work coat and a dark knit cap.
New TV-free lifestyle not ok with roommate
January 29, 2010, 6:15 PM
Police were summoned for a domestic disturbance over a television in the 3600 block of Oak Park. A 50-year-old woman told her 47-year-old male roommate that her therapist had recommended that she limit the amount of TV she watched. According to police: “Because [her] therapist made such a recommendation to her, she attempted to limit her roommate’s viewing habits as well. Her attempt greatly upset [the roommate] who verbally threatened her and told her to get away before something happened.” No charges were filed.
Charity box stolen by job hopefuls
January 29, 2010, 6:37 PM
The Taco bell clerk remembered the man with the tear tattoos on his face—and his female accomplice—because they stole the plastic charity change box from the countertop in the 6900 block of Ogden. She told police the pairapplied for jobs there earlier in the week. She gave police their job applications, listing their address at a nearby hotel.
Neighbor beaten with baseball bats
January 30, 2010, 12:03 PM
Neighbors saw a man beaten by two men in ski masks in front of his home in the 1500 block of Wenonah and ran out to help. Despite the man’s requests to keep the incident quiet, the neighbors called police, who found him on his porch, bleeding from the head. The man allegedly would not allow the cops inside his home, citing dogs. When taken to MacNeal Hospital for treatment, he told police the assailants demanded the keys to his old Toyota T-100 pickup and then beat him and drove off in a newer model silver van. He allegedly told doctors he had “fallen down the stairs.”
Maintenance man fails to sell church’s stolen snow-blower
January 30, 2010
A woman at Berwyn Baptist Church called police after witnesses reported a man fitting the description of the church maintenance man walking down the 3400 block of Clinton with a large green auger-type snow blower. The LawnBoy 824e Electric Start had been removed from an unlocked storage shed at the church. Carmen Contreras, 47, of the 7100 block of Windsor, allegedly admitted to police that he had “sold the slow blower for $10 to a guy named Jose” whom he met at the nearby Connie’s restaurant. Police recovered the machine near the restaurant, where witnesses told them Jose had “left on a Pace bus.” The church did not press charges for burglary, but Contreras was charged with criminal trespass to property.
Pot in pocket
January 30, 2010, 5:15 PM
Police charged Jose Evans, 26, of the 2400 block of East Avenue in Berwyn, with alleged possession of a bag with 4.9 grams of cannabis. Evans paid a $175 fine.
DUI driver wets herself
February 1, 2010, 2:27 AM
Renee Terry, 40, of Fairbury, Ill. was charged with DUI after police allegedly saw her silver 2010 Ford Windstar veer across the yellow line on 16th St. She allegedly told police that she had been visiting her mother in the hospital and had left her drivers license at home. When she urinated in her pants during field sobriety tests, she explained that she was “nervous.” She was charged with driving with license suspended, DUI and driving with an open jug of beer in the car.
Loud car flees dangerously
February 1, 2010, 7:41 AM
Felipe Lira, 27, of Cicero, fled police after passing a squad car with radio blaring. Pursued by cop cars, he allegedly blew through stop signs at 25th St. and 61st Ct. then proceeded, “at a high rate of speed with no regard to school children walking in the area or the general public.” When stopped after speeding at more than 40 miles per hour, he allegedly told police, “I’m sorry. Did you stop me for my music?” He was charged with loud music, fleeing and attempting to elude arrest, reckless driving, speeding, and disregarding stop signs. His 2001 white Cadillac Deville was impounded.
Car radio gone
February 1, 2010
Neighbors saw three men break the window of a red 1994 Acura in the 2300 block of Lombard and take a stereo system. They allegedly told police the men fled into Cicero.
Clippin’ Critters vandalized
February 1, 2010, 7:35 AM
A picture window was shattered in a dog grooming business in the 6400 block of 34th St.
-- J. Lehane
Assault, battery • Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Gang activity • Graffiti / vandalism / criminal damage • Noise violations • Theft • Street stop • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Boots & brain: store separately
January 6, 2010, 6:11 PM
A 34-yar-old beating victim told police that, on New Year’s Eve, he was playing pool at Guadalajara restaurant on Cermak with a man he knew only as “Flaco”. After the game, five friends of “Flaco” entered the bar and invited the victim to travel with them to a second bar in Cicero. The group traveled in a newer Cadillac SUV to a place called “Isabella’s” on Central. There they stayed until 1 AM, when they left in the SUV. “Flaco” got out of the SUV after a few blocks, leaving in a second vehicle. The victim and the five men remained in the Cadillac, headed for the victim’s home in the 1900 block of Clinton. An argument began, and at 21st and Clinton, the driver stopped the SUV and pulled the victim outside. The five men—all wearing cowboy or work boots—began to punch and kick the victim’s entire body. After the beating, the offenders fled in the Cadillac. The victim went to MacNeal hospital, where it was determined he had a brain injury; he was not released from the hospital until January 6th. He told police he can identify the offenders.
Patio furniture dispute ends in battery
January 5, 2010, 5:21 PM
A 39-year-old man in the 7100 block of 36th St. told police he had taken out the trash and was walking back up the exterior stairs of his apartment when he was confronted by a fellow tenant. The other man accused the victim of damaging his patio furniture, sparking an argument. The victim said the offender then struck him in the genitals and punched him in the head. Police took five photos of the victim’s injuries. According to the report, the offender was 100 pounds heavier and eight inches taller than the victim. Police arrested Michael R. Gonzalez, 42, of 7121 1/2 36th, and charged him with battery.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
2009 turns into 2010 accompanied by the usual antics
January 1, 2010
Open the window—the messy way
12:55 AM
Juan Delatorre, 42, of the 3700 block of Ridgeland, broke a window so he could yell at people in front of his home, police said. He was treated at MacNeal for a cut hand.
Underage drinkers on Cermak
12:51 AM
Police charged the manager and bartender of Mateo’s tavern in the 6500 block of Cermak with serving alcohol to a minor. Luis Medina, 37, of Worth, and Heather Brasher, 31, of Chicago, were charged after police arrested 19-year-old Vedran Basic of LaGrange Park for public intoxication in front of the bar. Police reported that Medina locked the door of the tavern and delayed opening it, prompting speculation that other underage drinkers fled through the back door.
Incriminating hubcap
1:57 AM
Police stopped a damaged 1997 white BMW in the 2300 block of East; the car was limping along “low to the ground, emitting sparks and smoke from the passenger front tire.” Driver Anthony Martinez of the 1200 block of Cuyler told police he did not know how the fresh damage and red paint transfer had occurred on his vehicle, nor how his passenger tire had been bent off the rim. Coincidentally, police discovered a damaged red car in the 2400 block of Ridgeland with a BMW hubcap lying nearby. The BMW was impounded. Martinez was charged with DUI, driving uninsured, leaving an accident scene and unsafe tires.
Unwanted party guest from hell
12:33 AM
Police were summoned to help a hostess remove a party guest in the 1400 block of Cuyler. The 24-year-old man, whose phone number is listed in Bellwood, was found to be intoxicated, and when an ambulance arrived, he began “punching, kicking and fighting officers in the middle of the street.” He also, “bit an officer in the right forearm with his teeth in attempt to defeat arrest.” When the man was subdued, police found two bags of cannabis on his person each containing .2 grams with the words “stay high” on each bag. One police officer sustained a back injury and another ripped his trousers and suffered abrasions on his knee. Felony battery charges are pending.
Car on the lawn
3:12 AM
Police impounded a Toyota Camry after finding it in the front yard of a house in the 3000 block of Harlem, 40 feet from a crash site where it hit a parked Nissan Altima. Driver Lynn Van Buskirk of the 400 block of East in Oak Park, reportedly told police she did not know why her vehicle was off the roadway on a lawn. She was charged with DUI and driving on the sidewalk.
--J. LeHane
Assault, battery • Disorderly conduct • Drugs, alcohol, DUI • Suspicious people, objects or events • Traffic stops / accidents • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
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.
Assault, battery • Robbery • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
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.
Assault, battery • Robbery • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Friday, December 18, 2009
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.
Assault, battery • Gang activity • Robbery • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Bleach attack
November 15, 2009, 6:13 AM
A 35-year-old man from the 1800 block of Gunderson told police that when he got home late, his wife threw bleach on him. The victim said the bleach got in his eyes. Paramedics arrived to treat the man, who had bleach on his clothing and face. Officers tried to get the wife to open the apartment door, but she initially informed them they would need to obtain a warrant first. The victim’s keys were still inside the apartment. Later, when the woman opened the door, police arrested her and charged 30-year-old Quinesha Calimee with domestic battery.
Assault, battery • Domestic • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Friday, November 13, 2009
Domestic battery
November 5, 2009, 12:35 AM
A 40-year-old Riverside woman told police her boyfriend punched her in the eye. Police reported the eye appeared swollen and had a bloody gash. Anthony M. Gallichio, 44, of 3443 Clinton, was charged with domestic battery.
Assault, battery • Domestic • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Drunken brawl spills out of house, attracts neighbors’ shocked attention
October 26, 2009, 10:27 PM
Callers to 911 reported hearing a woman scream for help at 2633 Clarence. As officers approached, dispatchers alerted them that the disturbance had moved outside and men were now brawling in the street. Police noticed seven or eight people in front of the house; two men saw police, attempted to enter 2633 and, according to the report, “met resistance with the door”. Officers ordered all parties to lie on the ground, but the men—all of whom reportedly reeked of alcohol—elected not to comply. Instead, they used abusive language and walked around with clenched fists. Police said two men pushed them rather than comply with instructions; one had to be Tasered to gain his compliance.
A woman in the house told police the incident started when her son—one of the brawlers—punched her during an argument. The woman refused to prosecute and was uncooperative with police. During the ride to the police station, the son—Michael W. Neuman, 19—continuously banged his head against the window and prisoner-divider of squad car #117. He was also found to have an outstanding warrant out of Stickney, for which he was processed.
Neuman was charged with resisting an officer, battery and disorderly conduct, as was William J. Pusateri Jr, 21, of 10845 south Talman, Chicago. Terry Stephens, 18, was charged with disorderly conduct. Candi Neuman, 51, was charged with public intoxication, use of abusive language toward officer, and use of the premises to disturb the peace.
Police reported that, while in the Berwyn lockup, Pusateri yelled, banged on the cell window and attempted to flood his cel. When told to stop, he allegedly yelled “F@!* YOU!” and spit on the window.
Assault, battery • Fight/brawl/riot • Suspicious people, objects or events • (0) Comments • (0) Trackbacks • Permalink
Monday, November 02, 2009
Woman accused of grocery store attack
october 23, 2009, 12:26 PM
A 42-year-old woman shopping at Cinco Hermanos grocery, 6500 16th, told police a younger woman came up to her and started punching her in the face, head and neck. The victim was scratched and bleeding. Police arrested Erika A. Avila, 27, of 1212 south 51st ave, Cicero, for battery.
Monday, October 26, 2009
“You have a mark on your head, now you’re dead”.
October 18, 2009, 1:59 AM
Bouncers at Wings Firehouse, 6535 Cermak, told police they had refused a drunken man entry. At that, the man beame irate and had been screaming ever since, they said. A man was holding back the offender, Victor M. Reyes, 21, of 4831 west 23rd St, Cicero, but Reyes reportedly broke loose and ran up to police as they spoke to witnesses, then refusd to leave when ordered to do so. reyes allegeldy poked on officer in the forehead with his index finger and stated, “You have a mark on your head, now you’re dead”. Multiple officers were needed to arrest Reyes, who reportedly struck an officer in the chest. He was charged with battery, assault and resisting arrest.